This year marks 120 years since the Lamborn Red flower, created in Alliance, was honored. McKinley said he considered the flower good luck in his political life. As still was the case on Sept.

Ohio can thank superstitious President William McKinley for its state flower: the scarlet carnation. McKinley, a Niles native, adopted the red carnation as his good luck charm after he was ...

Three years later, the Ohio General Assembly named the scarlet carnation the official state flower in his honor. Early in his political career, an opponent of William McKinley’s gave him a red ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio Statehouse is honoring the memory of President William McKinley with the celebration of an event known as Red Carnation Day. An exhibit on the life and legacy of ...

It’s a nod to Cristóbal Balenciaga, who was of Spanish descent – the red carnation is the national flower of Spain, as well as Monaco and Slovenia – and who referenced the flower in his ...