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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For some, a small, inconspicuous paper construction can mean a lifetime of remembrance. In honor of Poppy Day, which always falls on the Saturday before Memorial Day, the American Legion Auxiliary ...

Grandma Leora Wilson wore a red crepe paper poppy as she stooped beside a headstone in Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry to arrange flowers from her garden for this Memorial Day ritual. A small silver ...

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 ...

Jessie Beaumont colors and twists crepe paper to create colorful blooms. By Jessica Bumpus LONDON — By the time fall rolled around in 2020, Jessie Beaumont had been furloughed from her job as a studio ...

May is Poppy Month. Wear a poppy to show support for our fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of our veterans during our National Poppy Day distribution event taking place Thursday, ...