SANNERVILLE, FRANCE - JUNE 05: Poppies blossom in the grass as 280 paratroopers take part in a parachute drop onto fields at Sannerville on June 05, 2019 at Sannerville, France. Veterans, families ...

Americans also observe Memorial Day by visiting cemeteries and memorials and some wear a red poppy in remembrance of those fallen in war — a tradition that began with a World War I poem ...

In the poem, “In Flanders Field,” McCrae gives ... This led to the creation of artificial poppies that we often see today during Memorial Day ceremonies or remembrance memorials for those ...

On May 23, Forest Avenue Elementary School student council members also paid tribute to fallen soldiers with songs, poems, facts about Memorial Day and wreaths to be placed in their honor.

which opened on Memorial Day and will continue to be displayed through Labor Day on Monday, September 6. The Summer with the Arts exhibit features 185 works by 105 artists from all walks of life. For ...

As I write this, Memorial Day is nearly on us, the Minnesota Legislature is about to close down for the year and the only ...

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks died alone at a nursing home in Maine, abandoned and all but forgotten.

The Newfoundland National War Memorial was officially unveiled on July 1, 1924, by Field Marshall Douglas Haig, former ...

Juneteenth celebrates June 19, 1865, when 250,000 enslaved people of African descent in Galveston, Texas learned of their ...

Early 20th Century anti-immigrant laws were fueled by fears that migrants from Europe were turning cities into ‘foreign ...