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 USAA Poppy Wall of Honor, a temporary installation honoring the more than 645,000 American service members who gave their lives in service to our nation since World War I, will return to the ...

Much like thoughtful Memorial Day quotes, poppies help keep our attention on the most important aspect of the holiday. But when did the red poppy became a national symbol of remembrance—and more ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man has been arrested after around 50 poppy wreaths were removed from a war memorial in Swindon and thrown ... who laid one of the wreaths on Remembrance Day, has urged anyone with information ...

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 ...