Members of the American Legion Unit 260 will be set up at two local grocery stores to give away poppies on Friday. They will be set up at 9 a.m. at United Supermarkets, 3501 Olton Road, and at Amigos, ...

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 330 announced the winners of its 2024 Poppy Poster Contest on Oct. 23. The big winners of the contest were 8-year-old Miranda Sutton and 17-year-old Eliza Bowler, ...

A Gehlen Catholic student, who won the local Poppy Poster Contest last spring, was recognized at the Gehlen Catholic Veterans ...

Over 50 people attended a ceremony for Veterans Day at Veterans Square in Laconia Monday morning. Remarks started with a ...

Staff report Volunteers from Lansing’s American Legion Post 411 and its Auxiliary will distribute poppies at Dillons on Saturday. The bright red poppies will be… ...

Riley’s American Legion Post 328 observed Veterans Day at its building for the first time on Monday with two events — a ceremony remembering Prisoners Of War and those Missing In Action, and a ...

Each year in November, the poppy appears on coats across the country. It's a symbol as old as any of us, but where did it ...

Oglesby American Legion presented a $1,500 donation to the Illinois Veterans Home at La Salle with proceeds from their annual poppy drive. At the presentation on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, were (from left ...

This story begins on the Western Front during WWI, specifically around the Flanders region in Belgium where trench warfare ...