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 ...

With Memorial Day weekend here, you’ll probably see more than one red paper poppy. They’ve long been a symbol of the blood shed by fallen American soldiers. When I was little, we used to buy the ...

Auxiliary members promote the poppy program via a poppy poster contest in this 1960s-era photo. Perhaps you've seen veterans distributing little red paper poppies outside grocery stores and ...

Members of American Legion Auxiliary Oro Valley Unit 132 will distribute red “remembrance” poppies on May 23, 24 and 25 at the Walmart at Oro Valley Marketplace, 2150 E. Tangerine Road, and Fry’s Food ...

Every Memorial Day, when I run into the grocery store to pick up those last minute items for the three day weekend’s picnic, I’m met with members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) selling their ...

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 ...

Red poppy flowers have symbolized the sacrifices of soldiers ever since the end of World War 1. The blossom’s vibrant imagery in the wartime poem “In Flanders Field” helped make it a globally ...

Vibrant red poppies, symbolizing bloodshed from World War I, must be assembled delicately. Four ironed paper petals must neatly wrap around a green wire with a paper pistil at its end. The task is ...

The corn poppy is a pesky weed, a sweet, delicate garden flower and, for the past century, the emblem of the human cost of war. The custom of wearing paper poppies to remember that cost has waned in ...

Sarah Bryan, of Wakefield, U.K., spent four months making the dress. — -- The creative designer who brought us the oh-so-sweet styles of the handmade Skittles dress is back in action, this time ...

With Shavuot just around the corner, it’s not too early to make some preparations. One tradition of Shavuot is to decorate the home with beautiful flowers to commemorate the springtime holiday.