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Show Ready for Poppy Day Saturday in Pleasant Grove are Girls Staters Rosalie Garrett and Lisa Hollis, with Bobbie Duvall of the American Legion Auxiliary. Poppy Day planned in P.G. Saturday, May 18, will be the annual Poppy Day sponsored by the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary. The boys and girls who will attend Boys State and Girls State, along with members of the Pleasant Grove chapter of the American Legion, will canvas the community to sell the poppies. They would appreciate community support. If you are not contacted and would like to purchase a poppy, call 785-2335 and someone will deliver one to your home. The poppy was chosen as a memorial flower for American war dead following World War I. Veterans who returned to their homes in this country remembered the wild poppies which lined the battlefields of France and Flanders Field. Those soldiers came to look upon this flower as a living symbol of their dead comrades' sacrifice. Today, that little flower continues to pay tribute to those who made the supreme sacricie in World Wars I and II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. It is also a source of aid for many in our nation. It is a handmade hand-made flower made by disabled veterans as part of their therapy and to aid their rehabilitation. They receive financial assistance for their work. In addition, the funds from Poppy Day are used for assistance to veterans and their families,. |