More than a century ago, the tradition on Memorial Day was to place flowers on the graves of the war dead. Over the years, that tradition has been lost to putting hamburgers on the grill and ...

Introduced before Memorial Day 1922, they quickly caught on with the American public. Production of the poppies reached four million flowers by the 1930s.

Memorial Day Flowers foundation lays 50K flowers at Arlington Cemetery to honor fallen troops This Memorial Day, take a moment to remember the American women who died in combat.

In 1971, Congress officially established Memorial Day as a federal holiday, moving its observance to the last Monday in May to create a three-day weekend. Today, Americans honor the day with ...

The Memorial Day Flowers Foundation says it is donating 220,000 blooms for the annual event at the cemetery, and expects 1,200 volunteers will be on-site from around 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. to help ...

Memorial Day weekend is approaching, and while many associate those few days with cookouts, beaches and parties, the real meaning of the holiday is much more somber. Shortly after the Civil War ...

The event will get underway at 10 a.m. with a fair at the museum, 745 North Gene Autry Trail. The flower drop ceremony will begin at 1 p.m.

Volunteers with Memorial Day Flowers will place roses and other flowers on the headstones of fallen military service members. Volunteers will be meeting at noon Sunday and at 8 a.m. on Monday.

Memorial Day Flower Drop: A B-25 Mitchell drops over 3,000 carnations -- both red and white -- at the Palm Springs Air Museum. Attendees are welcome to take a flower home.