Memorial Day's history begins after the Civil War. It became a federal holiday in 1971 and is marked with cemetery visits, ...

(CNN) -- If you give a donation to the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars on Saturday, Veterans Day, you'll get a little red poppy in return. Why the paper flower? The answer is rooted in a poem from ...

Poppies have become a globally recognised symbol of Remembrance Day. The reason poppies are used ... John McCrae, a famous wartime poem, referenced poppies in his famous poem 'In Flanders Fields'.

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive ... realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent ...

For over 100 years, the red crepe poppy has been worn as a symbol of the sacrifice of our military men and women who have ...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row" These words, penned by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, ...