Red poppy flowers have symbolized the sacrifices of soldiers ever since the end of World War 1. The blossom’s vibrant imagery in the wartime poem “In Flanders Field” helped make it a globally ...

On a rainy spring evening, a group of women shared their tools: wooden beads, strips of crepe paper and cups of glue. Step by step, they transformed their piles of craft supplies into gorgeous paper ...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Leo Hecker was presented with the community service award on Saturday, June 2, from the Dacotah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Hecker was presented the ...

WARREN TWP. – Member of American Legion posts and their Ladies Auxiliaries can be seen during May holding bright red crepe paper poppies which they will happily exchange for a donation. May is the ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. WILKES-BARRE — As Memorial Day approaches, I decided to hop into the Way Back Machine and travel back, again to the 1960s, and I ...

American war veterans who make the red crepe-paper poppies to sell during Memorial Day weekend say the work can be tedious, therapeutic, time-consuming, but well worth the effort. Some veterans, like ...

You may see a veterans group man a table with a donation can and tiny poppies made of blood-red paper or silk outside your local supermarket or shopping center just before Memorial Day or Veterans Day ...