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.

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 ...

The four-acre poppy field at Pleasant Hill Blueberry Farm was planted as a memorial, with the first seeds placed in 2018.

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In the 20th century, the blood red blooms came to symbolise blood spilled on the fields of Flanders in the First World War. A poppy field at sunset (Image: Julie Smart) Like those who marched off ...

The red poppy is a symbol of remembrance to honor fallen military personnel. The red poppy's symbolism originated during World War I, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae.

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 ...

In Flanders Fields (PoetryFoundation.org). 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 ...

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row …. ” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician.

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. On September 27, 1920, the first chapter of The American Legion made the poppy its official flower to memorialize those who fought and died.