Why We Wear Poppies On Memorial Day McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Field,” was written as a reaction to a cluster of poppies he spotted on fields littered with dead and wounded soldiers after ...

On Friday and through the Memorial Day weekend, you may see people handing out and wearing red flowers. Here's why.

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

A poppy festival in Kentucky honors veterans on Memorial Day weekend.

A poppy festival in Kentucky honors veterans on Memorial Day weekend. A sign can be found in the field to remind visitors of the flower’s significance. “The poppy is a symbol of remembrance for fallen ...