Chapter 3 of Poppy Playtime dives deeper into the horror – and things are far darker than they first appear. I unpack the ...

Thomas Sanders has photographed veterans, including residents at Belmont Village Senior Living, to honor their service and ...

Edmonds VFW Post 8870 said it raised $15847 during its Memorial Day Weekend Information Booth and Buddy Poppy fundraising ...

North Hempstead Town Council Member Christine Liu honored veterans and their families who are involved in the town’s Hometown ...

Janet Carpenter, a Centerville woman, founded Sophie’s Companions for Veterans to pair veterans with pets, helping them to ...

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 poppy is a symbol of remembrance for fallen soldiers and it has been since World War I, internationally actually,” said Menke. “I think Memorial Day is probably one of those holidays ...

National Poppy Day is held on the Friday before Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, in remembrance of fallen soldiers. The flower became a iconic, solemn symbol over a century ago.

Over 100 years later, red poppies from both the VFW and the American Legion still are handed out on veteran recognition days such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day and National Poppy Day.

Richard handed the Queen a ceramic poppy, while Henry presented one to Harrison and they paused while Poet Laureate Simon Armitage read out a specially commissioned VE 80 poem, "In Retrospect ...

The day, said to be the end of “the war to end all wars," gave way to what is now known as Veterans Day in the U.S. The American Legion adopted the poppy as its official flower in 1920, and ...

Two veterans who served together are now reunited as they hand out poppies, gathering donations for their legion. As Global's Matilda Cerone explains, branches are safe spaces where veterans feel ...