The World War I poem “In Flanders Field” was written by Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian poet who served as a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres in Flanders, Belgium. McCrae wrote the ...

Cassadaga American Legion Post 1280 Commander Mitch Hoinski welcomed all to the service which included the Pledge to the American Flag written in 1892, reading of the In Flanders Field poem written at ...

McCrae penned the poem “In Flanders Fields” to commemorate the site where an estimated half a million soldiers were injured or killed in the 100-day battle. In time, the poppy became a symbol of ...

There’s one element of the Red Sox’ return for Devers that is already proving annoying. It’s the idea that a significant part of what the Sox got back for him was the financial freedom to ...

CHICAGO — Legendary Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa returned to Wrigley Field for the first time in more than 20 years on Friday before Chicago’s afternoon game with the Seattle Mariners. Sosa, who is ...

The versatile, restless, maddeningly guileful artist Rashid Johnson—whose career-spanning survey exhibition, “A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” is now up at the Guggenheim, inhabiting almost the ...

The poppy takes its meaning from the poem “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae. “’Flanders Field’ connects just as much today as it did 100 years ago when it was written,” student Lucas ...

At the Memorial Day observance in Aspen on Monday, the father of an Aspen-born man who died on Jan. 5 in Ukraine while in combat urged community members to engage and help veterans.

Flag Day is June 14. What does it represent? What do we cherish in this nation of ours? In the words of John Denver, it could be "... poems, prayers ...

“I got an F, though, because I couldn’t recite the poem about the flowers in Flanders fields.” While few honors top applause from one’s peers, Korkow’s impact was undeniable.