You might see people wearing the poppy, a roundish, red flower on a lapel — especially on the Friday before Memorial Day.

Just a short trek from the Lincoln Memorial stood a new addition of the Mall – a transparent wall packed with poppy flowers. At nearly 9 feet tall and 133 feet wide, the transparent wall was an ...

The poppy flower has long been associated with veterans and their service, but what does it symbolize and why? The flower is commonly used on both Veterans Day and Memorial Day as a symbol to ...