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Since ancient times, poppies have been used for a variety of purposes and given a variety of symbolic meanings. Red and white ...

PRINCETON, N.J. (RNS) — On a Tuesday evening in early April, an audience sat enraptured in Princeton Theological Seminary’s dining hall as, one by one, adults in their 20s walked up to a ...

The red poppy has been a symbol of the American Legion Auxiliary since the 1920s. The poppy is held dear to the hearts of our veterans and should be to ...

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 ...

You might see people wearing the poppy, a roundish, red flower on a lapel — especially on the Friday before Memorial Day.

John McCrae, the author of "In ... though poppies grow / In Flanders fields." "In Flanders Fields" became one of the most quoted poems from the war with, even decades later, school children ...

Peacocks and iguanas are everywhere in the county now, but they’re not killing other animals ... The poem, “In Flanders Fields,” brought forth the idea to wear red poppies on Memorial ...

The sight of colorful red flowers sprouting among and around rows of white crosses of fallen soldiers in Flanders prompted Colonel John McCrae ... In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between ...

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