White poppies serve as a pacifist symbol of remembrance of the war. According to the Peace Pledge Union (PPU), the body which ...
As Michigan residents honor fallen military personnel over Memorial Day, many will wear a delicate, red poppy – in remembrance of the lives lost on battlefields where these flowers once grew. "The red ...
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row ..." So begins the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian soldier and physician, after he witnessed ...
In Flanders Fields is still recited each year at Remembrance Day ceremonies in Canada — more than a century after it was written during the First World War. Here’s a look back at the soldier the poem ...
May 31, 2010 May 31, 2010 Updated Aug 27, 2020 0 The city of Owasso hosted its annual memorial service for veterans May 30 at the Owasso Veterans Memorial. Guest speakers included Oklahoma ...