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 poppy flower has long been associated with veterans and their service, but what does it symbolize and why?
She then addressed the American, Canadian and British legions to ask for the poppy to be acknowledged as Remembrance emblem.
The day, said to be the end of “the war to end all wars," gave way to what is now known as Veterans Day in the U.S. The American Legion adopted the poppy as its official flower in 1920 ...
This story begins on the Western Front during WWI, specifically around the Flanders region in Belgium where trench warfare ...
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 ...
A Gehlen Catholic student, who won the local Poppy Poster Contest last spring, was recognized at the Gehlen Catholic Veterans ...