Many of us take the opportunity to gather with friends and family over the long Memorial Day weekend ... due to the influence of the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae.

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day ... as a lasting memorial symbol to the fallen was realised by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields.

Memorial Day weekend is often celebrated as the start to summer, but the reason for the long weekend is for people to honor those who died serving the United States. Events to ...