Col. John McCrae's short, evocative “In Flanders Fields.” The flowers mean so much to some. And are overlooked or forgotten by so many. ON A MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND with the nation on an ...

The red poppy's symbolism originated during World War I, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae. As Michigan residents honor fallen military personnel over Memorial Day ...

Like most perennials, they have deep underground roots that can produce for many years as they do on Flanders Fields. There are also annuals, biennials, and even shrublike cultivars that look like ...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row, / That mark our place; and in the sky / The larks, still bravely singing, fly. / Scarce heard amid the guns below.

A verse from the poem reads: “In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row,” and ends, “If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow ...

Proving that marine recruiter wrong, Hughes says she's here not to celebrate herself but to ensure those fallen heroes are never forgotten, "When Eric read In Flanders Fields, there were tears.

The ceremony included cannon salutes, a Decoration Day and Ladies in Mourning Demonstration, the reading of Flanders Field by Poppy Queen Sophia Carson, ringing of the USS Saratoga Ships Bell ...