Show Al aur r av is' is 15 Day J oppy May 26 and 27 21 will be Wear Weara a Poppy Day time This has been the annual appeal from the American Legion over the nation For o over oyer er 40 years ears Poppy Day has offered citizens of this country country country coun coun- try the opportunity to remember remember ber both the nations nation's war dead and its disabled veterans who work tirelessly to lo make up the poppies as ns a tribute to lo the their r buddies who didn't come back and to their families The poppy became immortalized immortal immortal- in a poem by Canadian Soldier Lt Col John McRae entitled In Flanders Flander's Fields Practically everyone is familiar with its opening lines In Flanders Flander's Flanders Flander's Flanders Flander's Flan- Flan ders der's Fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row The poppy as a memorial lo to our servicemen's sacrifices for dates back to the years cars following follow follow- following ing the First World WaT American soldiers n g home in 1918 were familiar with the wild European poppies that bloomed on the battlefields of or Europe The flower Clower has become symbolic of the he sacrifices of or American servicemen and wo women women wo- wo 0 men of or all wars made in the I defense of our nation |