The American Legion Auxiliary's Poppy Program to benefit veterans and their families has been around for nearly a century, the program recently expanded to allow donations to assist active-duty military and their families as well!
At the end of WWI, the American Legion adopted the poppy as a symbol of freedom and true blood sacrificed by troops in wartime. And now, not only the poppies made by veterans, Auxiliary members, and volunteers will be sold, the symbolic flower will appear on T-shirts, cookies, buttons, and a near endless array of items. All proceeds go to supporting visits to local veterans at home, nursing and VA facilities, but also in the "care packages" the Auxiliary sends overseas to our service members far from home.
Your donations are most appreciated!
At the end of WWI, the American Legion adopted the poppy as a symbol of freedom and true blood sacrificed by troops in wartime. And now, not only the poppies made by veterans, Auxiliary members, and volunteers will be sold, the symbolic flower will appear on T-shirts, cookies, buttons, and a near endless array of items. All proceeds go to supporting visits to local veterans at home, nursing and VA facilities, but also in the "care packages" the Auxiliary sends overseas to our service members far from home.
Your donations are most appreciated!
IN FLANDERS' FIELDS
IN FLANDERS' FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
By Lt. Col. John McCrae, 1915
IN FLANDERS' FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
By Lt. Col. John McCrae, 1915
A link to the "GREAT WAR" story of the poppy (World War I: 1914-1918)
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/article/remembrance-poppy.htm
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/article/remembrance-poppy.htm
The link to information on the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Program:
https://www.alaforveterans.org/Programs/Poppy/
The Bandera Auxiliary unit will be selling poppies at the following locations in 2014:
Armed Forces Day - May 17th - at the Bandera Honors Veterans fund raiser
Memorial Day Parade - May 24th - Main Street, Bandera
Memorial Day Ceremony - Courthouse Lawn - May 26th
https://www.alaforveterans.org/Programs/Poppy/
The Bandera Auxiliary unit will be selling poppies at the following locations in 2014:
Armed Forces Day - May 17th - at the Bandera Honors Veterans fund raiser
Memorial Day Parade - May 24th - Main Street, Bandera
Memorial Day Ceremony - Courthouse Lawn - May 26th
