The night will feature a guest reader telling the story of Moina Belle Michael, who is widely recognized for her work in establishing the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance for World War I veterans.

Poppies have come to symbolize the blood shed during World War I because they grew on battlefields, inspiring the 1915 poem “In Flanders Fields” about the war by Canadian physician and Lt. Col ...

To wear a rep poppy this Memorial Day, at-home crafts can be found online listing materials and directions. For instance, the Library of Congress has a step-by-step activity for making red poppies ...

Around 295,000 Kentuckians are veterans, according to the state’s Department of Veteran’s Affairs. Here are events happening this weekend to honor Memorial Day. Poppy Festival ...

A ceramic installation made of poppies crafted by Riverhead High School student-artists will greet families, friends and loved ones who pay their respects to veterans buried at Calverton National ...

Collectively, the 123 opium poppy pod shipments weighed 295 pounds and 10 ounces. The packages were manifested as "Decora Craft Balls Ornamental" and were addressed to Arkansas, California ...

Marking the start of May, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 343 returned to Euclid City Hall with this year’s “Miss Poppy” Lillianna Markovich. Eight-year-old Lillianna, whose mother Tori ...

East Aurora High School fine arts students are once again handmaking and selling metal poppies to raise money for Veteran Smiles, a nonprofit that provides critical dental care not covered by the VA.

👹 ️👾 Get ready to unleash your creativity with spooky Poppy Playtime crafts! 🎃🖌️ From terrifying monster figurines to creepy decor, we’re making some spine-chilling creations ...

Santa Fe's Milk of the Poppy strives to combine a medieval apothecary with a craft cocktail bar By Tristen Critchfield / For the Journal Feb 16, 2025 Updated Feb 19, 2025 2 min to read 1 of 4 ...

An appeal to make 10,000 crocheted poppies - so they can be cascaded down the outside of a church tower to mark 80 years since the end of World War II - has begun. The Peacock Women's Institute ...