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Show POPPY DAY IS MAY 27th Friday, May 27, will be "Poppy Day" in Milford for both American Legion Auxiliary Auxil-iary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. The memorial popp:es which will be worn on Poppy Day in honor of America's war dead have been made by disabled veterans of three wars, the two World Wars and the Korean conflict, according to Pat Williams, Wil-liams, poppy chairman of the Legion Auxiliary- The work has been given to those who could profit from it occupational therapy value and who were in most need of the earnings. Poppies have been made in scores of U S Veterans Veter-ans hospitals throughout the nation, and in convalescent workrooms maintained by the Auxiliary. "Some of the men making poppies are World War I vet-. erans of advanced age, who have spent years in the hospitals hospit-als and are highly skilled in the work," Mrs. Williams said. "Others are younger men from World War II, while others are mere boys who received their disabling injuries in Korea. The veterans of the three wars work side by side, helping each other, with older men teaching the less experienced the fine points of poppy making." Wear a Poppy Proudly May 27th. |
