It all began with Walther Nernst, a German chemist. He was born in 1864 in Poland, which was part of Prussia at the time. Nernst was a smart boy, mechanically minded – the type who always ...

The poppy flower has long been associated with veterans and their service, but what does it symbolize and why? The flower is commonly used on both Veterans Day and Memorial Day as a symbol to ...

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive ... The significance of the poppy as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon ...

Traditional observance of Memorial Day has diminished over the years and many Americans have forgotten the meaning and traditions of the day. No longer do many cities and towns hold a Memorial Day ...

Wayne Lewin, parish clerk of Milborne St Andrew, who organises the village's Remembrance Day parade ... was reported that two poppy wreaths had been set alight by the memorial stone and damage ...

Police appealed for information after eight wooden soldiers and several poppies were taken from the Breightmet memorial Poppies and eight wooden soldiers were stolen from a road war memorial on ...

Today he is thinking about Remembrance Day and why people wear ... one to your school on the War Memorial Archives website. Look at pictures of the poppy fields in Flanders. Use art materials ...

Julie Parker, niece of solider Thomas Morris, joined church warden Debbie Pope and Silvia Meredith in creating the poppies The niece of a WW1 soldier who knitted more than 700 poppies for a church ...