| BUDDY POPPYS STATE AND POST CHAIRMAN: REX COOK AUXILIARY CHAIRMAN: GABRIELE HAMMON "TO HONOR THE DEAD BY HELPING THE LIVING" |
| IN FLANDERS FIELDS By: John McCrae 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 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. |
| "In Flander's Field" describes a battlefield of crosses dotted with red poppies. The nation and the world were so touched by the poem that poppies have since become known throughout the world as a memorial flower as a reminder of the lives lost in war. |
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| John McCrae |
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| Click on Poppy for the History of the Buddy Poppy |
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| Click on Poppy for Please Wear A Poppy Poem |
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| The Buddy Poppy Committee goal is: To Honor the Dead by Helping the Living and wearing a "Buddy" poppy--VFW's official flower--you not only help needy and disabled veterans, but also honor those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom. |
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| MEMBERS OF THE POST AND LADIES AUXILIARY WORKING THE BUDDY POPPY TABLE IN ORTING |
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| THE 2007 POPPY DISPLAY ENTRY AT DEPARTMENT CONVENTION AND TAKING 2ND PLACE THIS YEAR |
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| 2008 BUDDY POPPY CONTEST ENTRY WON 1ST PLACE IN THE PUBLIC PROMOTION DIVISION |