On Friday and through the Memorial Day weekend, you may see people handing out and wearing red flowers. Here's why.

Memorial Day began just after the Civil War, became a federal holiday in 1971, and is marked with cemetery visits, parades ...

Standing firm after a statue honoring fallen military was vandalized last week, the Paramount Elks Club soldiered on with its ...

Speakers ask fellow citizens to remember the attributes that tie the nation together rather than those that divide us. Among ...

As part of a National Honor Society service project, the 11 Katahdin Middle/High School students spent Thursday placing the ...

Americans will attend ceremonies, lay flowers at gravesites and mourn ... are handed out on veteran recognition days such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day and National Poppy Day.

A Memorial Day morning shooting at a Blue Springs townhouse complex left two people injured and police looking for the ...

Flowers by the thousand will fall over Palm Springs International Airport Monday during an annual Memorial Day tribute to the nation’s servicemen and women who were lost in wartime. The “Flower Drop” ...

U.S. flags should fly at half-staff from sunrise until noon. At noon, flags should be “raised briskly” to the top of the ...

While Michigan residents attend Memorial Day parades and ceremonies, many may see roundish, red flowers. Here's the meaning behind the red poppy.

Boise cemeteries will host Memorial Day weekend observances from Saturday through Monday. People may place artificial flowers ...