Wild poppies grow in the 'Trench of Death', a preserved World War I trench system in Diksmuide, Belgium. July 31. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images) It is perhaps the most famous poem to come out of the Great ...

The flower that symbolises lives lost in conflict, the poppy, is disappearing from Flanders fields where the First World War was fought, experts have said. Research by ecologists has revealed dramatic ...

In this Saturday, May 3, 2014 photo, poppies blow near a barbed wire fence in Geluwe, Belgium. Red poppies were first symbolized as a means of remembrance by Canadian World War I soldier and surgeon ...

For a small country, Belgium has quite a few outsized attractions. It is known for beautifully preserved medieval cities, the cosmopolitan European Union capital of Brussels, dense green forests and a ...

This column would interest you in light of the recent holiday. Flowers speak a language that relies on color and symbolism. You know that red roses symbolize “love” while daisies indicate “innocence ...

OTTAWA — Canadians know that Flanders Fields contain poppies, but whether they grow or blow is in question with the issuing of a new $10 bill. The new currency, in circulation since Jan. 17, has the ...