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

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.

Poppies grow well in the Midwest and often by now are showing their colors. The red poppy, called the Flanders poppy, is just ...

Poppy seeds, long dormant on the battlefields in ... The red poppy, called the Flanders poppy, is just one of the many colors. They shine in shades of white to cream, bright orange, soft peach ...

While Michigan residents attend Memorial Day parades and ceremonies, many may see roundish, red flowers. Here's the meaning behind the red poppy.

The red poppy's symbolism originated during World War I, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields" written ... sleep from the opium extracted from its seeds, often used medicinally for pain.

Flags fly at half mast, the torch of remembrance is lit, memorial candles are held in shaking hands and the country's own version of the Flanders Field poppy, the Red Everlasting daisy ...

In Flanders Fields. This is a war poem written by Canadian physician and Artillery Commander, Lt. Col. John McCrae. He was ...