1,043 American soldiers perished in Belgium during World War I, 368 of whom are interred at Flanders Field American Cemetery. Today, Memorial Day, we remember their courage—and the courage of all ...

YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Crimson poppies still dance in the breeze as if nothing horrific happened in Flanders Fields. But a century after the start of World War I, the flowers endure as a symbol of war ...

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row" These words, penned by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian who served as a brigade surgeon for an Allied artillery unit on ...

Again, poppy flowers are weeds, technically, so it’s not uncommon to find them in fields out in the wild. But that’s also why they symbolize rebirth and resilience; they don’t die quickly and pretty ...

The Friday before Memorial Day is designated as National Poppy Day, commemorating service members. Poppy Day is celebrated around the world but The American Legion brought it to the United States by ...

Scarce heard amid the guns below. — Excerpt from “In Flanders Fields,” by Canadian Lt. Col. John McCrae The American Legion Darren Tate Post 425 in Canyon will be giving out poppy flowers this ...

This column would interest you in light of the recent holiday. Flowers speak a language that relies on color and symbolism. You know that red roses symbolize “love” while daisies indicate “innocence ...

John McCrae’s world-famous poem, reflecting on the enormous sacrifices of the First World War, will be recited countless times this Remembrance Day, as it is every year. It’s etched into the hearts of ...

During World War 1, the Second Battle of Ypres, Belgium in 1915 was exceptionally horrific. The use of poison gas by the German Army devastated the Allied troops. Dr. John McCrae, who was part of the ...

After the Second Battle of Ypres, when poison gas floated down into the trenches of World War I for the first time, a Canadian soldier saw something surprisingly hopeful. In the rolling fields nearby, ...

The flower that symbolises lives lost in conflict, the poppy, is disappearing from Flanders fields where the First World War was fought, experts have said. Research by ecologists has revealed dramatic ...