The flower is commonly used on both Veterans Day and Memorial Day as a symbol to commemorate ... front lines of World War I the emergence of red poppies around the graves and in the battle zones ...

and how the field of the dead looked more like a meadow of poppies growing toward the sky. The following day, while sitting in the back of an ambulance, he wrote this poem: Hugo man sentenced to ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – An heirloom seed company has researched the reason why red poppies became connected to veterans day and given KTAL permission to share the story with you.

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent ... The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen ...