VALLEY CITY, N.D. – Leo Hecker was presented with the community service award on Saturday, June 2, from the Dacotah Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Hecker was presented the ...

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra is prepping for the April 25 "Oz with Orchestra," playing the score live while "The Wizard of Oz" plays on a huge screen, and it reminds me of one of my ...

WARREN TWP. – Member of American Legion posts and their Ladies Auxiliaries can be seen during May holding bright red crepe paper poppies which they will happily exchange for a donation. May is the ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. WILKES-BARRE — As Memorial Day approaches, I decided to hop into the Way Back Machine and travel back, again to the 1960s, and I ...

It was 50 years ago that Marimekko gave the world its famous poppy pattern. Unikko, the cheery, bold and bright poppy pattern was a blooming success in fabric, bed and bath items, handbags, clothing ...

On a rainy spring evening, a group of women shared their tools: wooden beads, strips of crepe paper and cups of glue. Step by step, they transformed their piles of craft supplies into gorgeous paper ...

Columbia Falls shoppers were greeted with a familiar sight on Friday — National Poppy Day — as members of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 72 were on hand at Smith's Food and Drug to distribute ...

Nearly 3,000 red crepe paper poppies handmade by disabled military veterans will be distributed at four Jupiter shopping centers May 4-5 by members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 271. The ...

Photo provided The tradition of remembering those who lost their lives in military service by wearing a poppy began after World War I. Now, donations to purchase a poppy support veterans, active-duty ...

You may see a veterans group man a table with a donation can and tiny poppies made of blood-red paper or silk outside your local supermarket or shopping center just before Memorial Day or Veterans Day ...

Quite possibly, poppies are the most popular wildflower in America and deserve a rightful place in every garden. They offer a surprising range of colors and growth habits. The poppy (Papaver rhoeas L.