Show Auxiliary to sell poppies This Saturday In a statement calling support of Poppy Day by all an annual memorial event sponsored by the American Legion Luther D. Auxiliary emphasized the importance of the occasion in providing a means of attesting to the world and to ouri fellow that we the blessings of freedom liberty that were won on yester-l I day's Donning a red veteran-made poppy lets everyone know that we revere the memory of those war dead who served and selflessly to secure our she Poppy Johnson as ever new in terms of increasing devotion to the welfare of our disabled veterans and their new In reaffirmation of heartfelt gratitude to those who gave their lives in protecting our way of new in growing dedication to volunteer service aimed at strengthening our free These basic tents of American Legion Auxiliary work are at the heart of every I annual Poppy Day according to Gratitude for the hard-earned freedoms for which thousands of fighting men gave their lives led Auxiliary members more than four decades ago to establish the first Poppy Day as a tribute to our war Johnson The brilliant scarlet poppy which grew in profusion in the battlefields of France and Flanders in World War X was chosen as the symbol of this memorial event celebrated in most communities throughout the nation in the week before Memorial Poppy Day in this area will be observed on May The Auxiliary sponsors the event each year Poppies which will be distributed on this date have been fashioned by disabled veterans who receive payment for their Auxiliary members provide all materials to veterans for making the free of All other work done in connection with the event is on a volunteer Thousands of the blossoms are distributed each |