“In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row" These words, penned by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian who served as a brigade surgeon for an Allied artillery unit on ...

In the lead-up to Memorial Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031 in Durango is planning its annual distribution of buddy poppies, bright red artificial flowers that have been the official ...

FALCON — In honor of Veterans Day, members of Falcon's VFW Post were at the Safeway on McLaughlin Road handing out buddy poppies. The red flower is the official memorial flower of the VFW. People can ...

Mayor Kimberly Ecklund met with representatives of the John W. Tiffany Post 53 Veterans of Foreign Wars to receive a “Buddy Poppy” kicking off this years campaign. From left Jim McNally Past State ...

CALUMET CITY | Mayor Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush recently signed the Buddy Poppy proclamation at City Hall with the Ehinger Bros. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8141 Buddy Poppy king and queen.

As a child, I recall people buying little red poppies and I wondered what significance they held to those who sold them. I was attracted to them because they were red, my favorite color, and the ...

GAYLORD — Members of the Ralph Holewinski VFW Post 1518 will be at local stores seeking donations for a Buddy Poppy this week. Funds raised from the poppy sale go to the post's Veterans Relief Fund, ...

BRAINERD — VFW Post 1647 and Auxiliary had a successful Buddy Poppy Promotion. We would like to thank the Baxter and Brainerd merchants for their generous donations for poppy cards and for displaying ...