In mid-May, you will find old men with flowers in their hands, red paper poppies, offered in exchange for pennies. The poppies are made by men and women who have been disabled by war, veterans who ...

How did the annual red poppy — Papaver rhoeas — come to symbolize Memorial Day and various other war memorial ceremonies? The origins can be traced to a poem titled "In Flanders Fields," written by ...

The 645,000 poppies signify men and women who died in U.S. military service. Poppy flowers will add a huge flash of color to the National Mall this Memorial Day weekend. A pop-up installation of ...

It has been an enduring symbol of remembrance for Britain's war dead and a gesture of support for the country's armed forces and veterans for more than 100 years. But the number of people wearing red ...

Is the poppy in decline? As many WW2 veterans remember fallen comrades for possibly the last time, some sellers say fewer people are buying the historic symbol of remembrance By SOPHIE CARLIN, TRAINEE ...