Show what the american legion leggion auxiliary poppy means to those who wear it the little red poppy which sprang from the soil of sentiment after the world war as the memorial flow flower er ot of the american legion and auxiliary has had many struggles to keep Us its place in our hearts as a memorial emblem because of the indifference of 0 those who see it only as a red tag to be sold on the streets to make money poppies beautiful red poppies millions of poppies are being made in the government hospitals throughout our land under the direction of the american legion auxiliary these poppies may not be perfect in workmanship and ani not uniformly made perhaps ct they are beautiful be caus ot of the secret tale each reveals to its it a wearer some may tell aou ou the story of the man who was stranded in bt st paul one cold day last winter he ile was out of 0 work and physically a wreck because of the war for he was one of the four million who offered his life that we our homes and our freedom might be safe sale lie ile had no overcoat he had no money but work he I 1 must have and so he walked to minneapolis and with ninety eight other service men he was put to work making poppies at noon he did not go out to lunch and it was not until he had fainted away an ay in the afternoon that it came to light that he be had had no breakfast as 83 well ft ell as no lunch he ile reported ported it each morning all winter and dally daily made poppies tor for one cent each he ile had fauna his place among the w ge earning taming citizens of america some will tell you the story of the blind man at national home as he patiently fashions his flowers let us rive give him film vision and follow for him the poppy paid for it as it goes to the american legion won WAT war orphans billets let him see the children gathered together in one of the cot tape tare heires happy healthy beautiful children help him watch them as they play and as they go to school it will please him to know that they go to the schools and are not dressed in uniforms but dredd ai as they weir would be in their own horres had they not been deprived of these through the tragedies of war let him join uw the children in the evening tory story hour as they gather around the house mother and then picture for him the children aa as they are bedink tucked into thir th ir lr little beds on their airy leeping porches what a happy day we hae base given our blind man and we a tell him that these are tte tt c children of the american 1 legion to whom the le gion g ion offer offers heinige rot charity and bridei the re ilLation that theirs is a heritage to be proud of 0 and helps them to live up to thu this heritage by becoming good american 1 a citizens the poppy Is now the memorial flower plow of the french british and canadian world war W veteran veterans organization iza tion it has ha won WOO a plu in toe the bearta firta of the people all over tha the ft oriel world and every year through the annual sale of the poppy tha the Une rican won and auxiliary the Acie american rican public te is afforded the opportunity of purchasing the poppy thus helpin those for whom the war way ts is not yet over for the profits from the sale are am devoted pel pet to service arvice work and of wearing it la in memory of all who died in satia A lot |