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.

Memorial Day, observed on Monday, May 26 this year, is a federal holiday in the United States that is dedicated to honoring and remembering the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who made the ...

“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. “The poem’s powerful ...

(WYTV) — You may run into people selling little red poppy flowers, just paper, around Memorial Day. The red poppy, also called the Remembrance Poppy, has been a symbol of the soldiers we lost in World ...

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools high school students are blending art and history to make a public display for Memorial Day. At Lane Tech High School, a different kind of garden is blooming. Clumps ...

"Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of American Art," Youngstown, OH: Butler Art Institute, 1951. Butler Institute of American Art Brochure, 1991. Butler Institute of American Art, "Sixty years of ...

POPERINGE, Belgium -- In Flanders Fields, justice has come late for Sgt. John Thomas Wall. His gravestone, pristine white in the milky autumn haze, stands among 950 others on freshly clipped grass at ...

As Michigan residents honor fallen military personnel over Memorial Day, many will wear a delicate, red poppy – in remembrance of the lives lost on battlefields where these flowers once grew. "The red ...