Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1933-04-21 | Page 1 | The Poppy Speaks

The Poppy Speaks Ere long we shall hear the voice of the poppy calling to us, saying, "May 27th, 1933, is my day, Poppy Day. Do not faU me and the things for which I am a symbol. "I am the memorial flower of the Great War, claimed by no one -state alone, but by all America. I; earned that title as I bloomed beside be-side the front lihe trench, the shell hole, and covered with a crimson mantle the last resting place of patriots 'Over There.' I am the little red missionary flower ofi Hope, winging my message of employment em-ployment and mental peace to those living disabled patriots, who receive little or no compensation from the government and whose tired hands fashion me from materials ma-terials provided by the American Legion Auxiliary;, I am the flower of Universal Patriotism, for all (those who buy me share in the patriotic relief pi'ogram of the A-n'erican A-n'erican Legion , Auxiliary, which expends all of the funds of the sale for the relief of those foi whom the war is. not yet over. Bo-lieving Bo-lieving in America's past, present and future patriotism, wear me on Poppy Day." t inerican Lciicn Auxiliary, Service Star Legion.