The poppy we are familiar with today is believed to have come from the World War I poem “In Flanders Fields,” by John McCrae. But McCrae wasn’t a poet by profession, he was a doctor. Courtesy photo ...

National Poppy Day is May 22, marking the start of Memorial Day weekend with the holiday's signature flower. The flower ...

On May 13, 1915, Lt. Col. John McCrae a Canadian doctor, presided over the funeral of a friend and countryman who had been killed in World War I’s 2nd Battle ...

A bond more than a century old is stronger than ever thanks to a French town that will never forget the sacrifice made by New Zealand soldiers at Le Quesnoy.

BERLIN -- The Germans are continuing to advance in the region to the north. Northeast of Ypres they have stormed and taken the canal town of Lizerne, on the west bank of the Yser. Additional prisoners ...

Historic Ypres - unofficial capital of Flanders Fields - is just over an hour by car from Calais, making it the perfect place to find out more about the First World War. Ypres or Wipers, as it was ...

It was precisely because of this history that we stood at the Menin Gate to remember another vast community of martyrs: some 100,000 men, women and children in Iran who have been executed by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ceremonies marking the end of World War I or military service and sacrifice more generally took place across multiple continents ...

World War I fighting officially stopped at 11 a.m. on November 11 in 1918. Ceremonies marking the anniversary took place around much of the world, including the Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium.

The way we remember Canada’s military involvements is important for how we understand ourselves as a country. Loud, assertive nationalism serves no long-term purpose and hides the reality of harsh ...

What strikes me most as I pedal into the village and take a seat overlooking the surrounding landscape is the silence. It’s a late Sunday afternoon in mid-September and aside from a couple of people ...

Next week, Tuesday the 11th of November, marks a day of great significance to western civilization. This is Armistice Day, the day when the guns fell silent and World War I came to an end. Known today ...