The symbol stems from the poem In Flanders Fields by John ... the Veterans of Foreign Wars held their first national poppy distribution for Memorial Day in 1922. Today, the American Legion ...

The carnation is one of January's birth flowers, ushering in the year with its slightly spicy scent and color variations.

Two years prior to that speech, a young Joan Baez led a crowd of 300,000 in singing the gospel song at the Lincoln Memorial ...

Think of a seashell. Don’t think of a conch. In fact, forget, for now, about univalve mollusks entirely. Think of Shell, the ...

Art is therapeutic, and Catherine Posey says that creating art is one way survivors of the Holocaust made it through a ...

His appeal came as the country commemorated the annual Armed Forces Remembrance Day, a solemn occasion to honor those who have sacrificed their lives in defense of Nigeria’s sovereignty.

A new strain of bird flu, which previously killed a man in Louisiana, has now been detected in dairy cows in Nevada. The detection, part of a national milk testing program by the USDA, indicates ...

Poppy wreaths that had been laid at its base ... Wayne Lewin, parish clerk of Milborne St Andrew, who organises the village's Remembrance Day parade, said: 'I take great pride in our remembrance ...

As Holocaust denial and distortion becomes a growing concern in Canada, a group of Toronto high school students marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by sharing the stories of ...