Although less common, the U.S. also uses the symbol — the Veterans of Foreign Wars conducted the first nationwide distribution of remembrance poppies before Memorial Day in 1922, and the ...

Memorial Day poppies: People wear poppies to honor America’s war dead in a Memorial Day tradition that dates back to the poem “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae.

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive ... The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon ...

The money raised for Kendal crash victim Poppy Atkinson, 10, will go toward a memorial for the keen Manchester United fan, as ...