1,043 American soldiers perished in Belgium during World War I, 368 of whom are interred at Flanders Field American Cemetery. Today, Memorial Day, we remember their courage—and the courage of all ...

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row" These words, penned by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian who served as a brigade surgeon for an Allied artillery unit on ...

The symbolism behind the poppy flower started with a world war and prose. British Lt. Col. John McCrae penned the famous poem "In Flanders Fields" in 1915 after his friend, a Canadian medic, died in ...

This column would interest you in light of the recent holiday. Flowers speak a language that relies on color and symbolism. You know that red roses symbolize “love” while daisies indicate “innocence ...

YPRES, Belgium – Crimson poppies still dance in the breeze as if nothing horrific happened in Flanders Fields. But a century after the start of World War I, the flowers endure as a symbol of war dead, ...

On Nov. 11, Americans celebrate veterans and honor those who served, but the date holds special meaning beyond our borders and around the world. In fact, the 11th of November is a solemn day to many ...

OTTAWA — Canadians know that Flanders Fields contain poppies, but whether they grow or blow is in question with the issuing of a new $10 bill. The new currency, in circulation since Jan. 17, has the ...

Poppy seeds, long dormant on the battlefields in Belgium and France, bloomed unexpectedly alongside the crosses and inspired a soldier, John McRae, more than a hundred years ago, to write a poem with ...

A poppy picked from Flanders Fields during the First World War and sent to a US soldier’s fiancée has been unearthed more than a century later. Harold Alfred Stivers pressed the delicate flower into a ...