Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1934-05-11 | Page 2 | "The Poppy Speaks"

"The Poppy Speaks" E'er long we shall hear the! voice of the poppy calling to Au:-' ilary members saying: "May 26th,! 1934 is my day, Poppy Day. Do pot fail me and the things fori 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 ling trench, the shell hole, rd covered with a crimson mn.ntle the last resting . place of patriot- 'O'er There.' I am tlrj lit:ls red missionary flower of Hop?, winging my message of employment employ-ment and mental peace to those living disabled patriots, who re- ce:"V2 little or no compensation1 from the government and whosij tired hands fashion me from ma-! trials provld-d -by the American Legion Auxiliary. I am the flower' of Universal Patriotism, for all these who buy me share in the pi- trictic- relief program of the Amer-! lean Legion Auxiliary, which ex-! pends oil of the funds of the sale for the relief of those for whom the war is not yet over. Believing In America's glorious . past, present, and future patriotism, wear me on Poppy Day." I