The boys wrapped up their concert with a salute to the armed forces, singing the official songs ... poppies just started coming up out of nowhere,” Alan said, referring to Flanders Field.

The Gackle American Legion Mayer-Morlock Post and Auxiliary Unit #250 hosted a Memorial Day program at the Gackle Legion Hall on Monday, May 26. Commander Jon Metz welcomed ...

Decoration Day was first officially celebrated in 1868, though its origins can be traced back even further to a number of ...

The Marine Corps League Gaffney-Oglesby Detachment 1428 presented the Memorial Day Ceremony at Fort Bayard National Cemetery at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 26, 2025. Shane Delaney, Fort Bayard National ...

Students in Jacqueline Harmon’s ceramics classes at MacArthur High School have set out to create their own Flanders Field of poppies in the school’s Veterans Memorial area.

More than a century after “In Flanders Fields,” the poppy still symbolizes Memorial Day and is used to honor our fallen military heroes.

The red poppy's symbolism originated during World War I, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae. As Michigan residents honor fallen military personnel over Memorial Day ...

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 ...

In the poem “In Flanders Fields” the poet John McRae describes the poppies that sprang up on the World War 1 Flanders ...