It was a stroll through one of Derry’s oldest and most sacred grounds as history unfolded during a tour at Forest Hill ...

Students in Jacqueline Harmon’s ceramics classes at MacArthur High School have set out to create their own Flanders Field of poppies in the school’s Veterans Memorial area.

Residents and staff at the Redding Veterans Home recognized fallen soldiers this Memorial Day. On the morning of May 26, they had a ceremony paying respects to those who’ve died in service. There was ...

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The red poppy's symbolism originated during World War I, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae. As Michigan residents honor fallen military personnel over Memorial Day ...

In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We ...

John McRae, a physician, wrote a poem in 1915 after weeks of battle ... McRae died of pneumonia in 1918 just before the war ended. In Flanders Fields (PoetryFoundation.org) In Flanders fields ...

The poppy is more commonly tied to veteran remembrances in Europe, partly because of the World War I poem, "In Flanders Fields." However, it also has North American roots, and you might see people ...

A verse from the poem reads: “In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row,” and ends, “If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants to put the kibosh on President Donald Trump's plan for the U.S. military to accept a Boeing airplane from Qatar to be used as Air Force One. The ...

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