The red poppy, or Remembrance Poppy, has been a symbol of lives lost to war since World War I (1914–1918). Also known as Memorial Day poppies, these artificial flowers actually play a big part ...

The American Legion — a war veterans group based in Indianapolis, Indiana — promotes National Poppy Day, held the Friday before Memorial Day, to raise awareness for the holiday, the last ...

Knitters wanted as War Memorial plans to unveil handmade poppies display. THE call has gone out to knitters from around Australia to help create 60,000 poppies to mark the centenary of the end of ...

An amazing display of poppies is set to adorn a war memorial after being created by a Women’s Institute group ahead of Remembrance events. The Pakefield Beach Belles WI, who meet in Pakefield ...

The leaf was added to the memorial poppies in the 1960s, as an optional extra. By 1995, poppies with leaves already included were made available, and look like the classic poppy we see today.

On the Friday before Memorial Day, many people wear a poppy to honor and support all troops who ... M.D. wrote while serving in the war. On, September 27, 1920, the poppy is the official flower of ...

This beautiful poppy tribute to three soldiers who died in WW1 has been created by villagers who discovered there was no memorial for them. Locals spent four years building a cascade of over 5,000 ...

The USAA Poppy Wall of Honor on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is a tribute to military sacrifice with 600,000 poppies, marking WWII and Vietnam War anniversaries.