This Friday, June 27, and Saturday, June 28, members of the Capt. Lester S. Wass American Legion Post No. 3 will be offering red poppies in front of a number ...

Among annual poppies, the corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, is perhaps the most iconic. Also known as the field or Flanders poppy, it has become a powerful symbol of remembrance for those lost in war.

Poppies flourish in freshly dug earth which is why they bloomed so quickly in the shell-pocked fields of Flanders. In 1921, the poppy became the symbol of remembrance for the British and Canadian ...

Today marks the 109th anniversary of the start of the bloodiest battle in British history, the Battle of the Somme which began on Saturday 1st July, 1916.

The president is making clear that, rather than start a new war, he’s hoping to end the one that Tehran is waging against ...

The Flanders Field poppies The idea to use the poppy as the symbol of remembrance came from the poem ‘In Flanders Field’ by Canadian Doctor John McCrae. While stationed in the fields in Ypres, McCrae ...

As the Great War's 100th anniversary approaches, people have been asked to delve into their family histories and share their War memories with the world, as part of the EU's "Europeana 1914-1918 ...

John Philip Sousa, also known as the March King, was a legendary American composer and conductor. Read more about the ...