“In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row …. ” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician. “The poem’s powerful ...

Displays of poppies are popping up throughout Sleaford and across many other parts of the District as part of Remembrance activities this coming weekend. In a first for the town, there will be a ...

Throughout November, bright red poppies have appeared on people’s clothing, in shops, in train stations, on cars, and more, as the UK observes Remembrance Day. This month, Britain honours the lives ...

Red poppies are worn on Memorial Day to honor fallen military members. The tradition started during World War I, inspired by a poem and the poppies growing on battlefields. The American Legion and VFW ...

The nation will fall silent this morning in remembrance of those who have lost their lives to the horrors of war. Remembrance Sunday takes place on the Sunday nearest to November 11, the day WWI came ...