By Mary Phillips for The OklahomanFor nearly 100 years, the poppy flower has been associated with Memorial Day. The Oklahoman's own Edith Johnson told the story of the Memorial Day poppy in her column on May 19, 1955: On French terrain strewn with destruction and death the one living thing surviving the carnage of World War I was the red poppy that after the Armistice did its best to cover the rubble.Read more on NewsOK.com