Veterans Day Tribute Thank you

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Most everyone knows that today is Veterans Day here in the United States. You may be a veteran yourself .

You may have a loved one that served or knows someone that served.

Did you reach out to them today? Did you thank them or let them know that you are thinking of them?

How Did The Poppy Come In To Play

After world war 1, the battle field where many lost their lives serving their country was soaked with blood.

Poppies began to bloom everywhere in that battle scarred field. A famous poem "In Flanders Field" was written by John McCrae after losing a friend in Ypres.

There were 8.5 million soldiers that lost their lives due to battle and diseases between 1914 and 1918.

Because of the poppy growing in the field and that famous poem, the poppy became the symbol of remembrance.

A lady named Moina Michael read "In Flanders Field" just 2 days before the armistice. She was a volunteer at the YWCA, Young Women's Christian Association.

Inspired by the poem she wrote her own poem. "We Shall Keep Faith". This is when the wearing of the Poppy began.

When the war had ended she returned to the University at which she was a professor and came up with the idea of making red silk poppies and selling them.

By her doing this, she would raise money to support returning troops. This didn't really work out that well in the beginning.

Her design was a poppy the color of the Allied nations flags around a victory torch. She was able to get Georgia's National American Legion to adopt the idea, but without the torch.

They voted to use the poppy as the official U.S. national emblem of remembrance.

The Selling Of The Poppy In Nations

A french woman organized a group made up of French women, children and veterans' to make and sell the red silk poppies after she helped to convince the American Legion to adopt poppy as their symbol.

She organized the group in France in order to help fund the restoration of Warton France. Millions of poppies were sold.

The proceeds went towards finding housing and employment for veterans',

That following year Major Howson set up a factory in England employed by disabled service men to make fabric and paper poppies. Other nations soon adopted the same idea.

Even though this is normally used for memorial day, here in the U.S., there are still some American legions who sell the poppies to be worn on veterans' day.

To all of you who have served your country

>>>>>>>>>>> Thank You <<<<<<<<<<<

Below is a picture of my awesome husband who is a veteran and our youngest daughter.


Our girl scout troop takes part in the yearly Veterans Day parade. My husband held the poster board so that it wasn't hidden behind another as it was limited space.

The trailer was jam packed on both sides. I walked behind passing out flags to those who wanted them and thanking the veterans who were spectators.

We pair each girl with a veteran to ride with. If one of our girls does not have a veteran or know one, we find them one.

The girls look forward to this every year. After the annual parade we go to our local military museum where the girls are educated on many levels about the different armed forces, wars and those who served.

This is one way that we can educate them on what our service men and women do to protect their country. The girls love being involved and showing their respect.


Wishing you the best in all you do

Lee Ann

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I always buy Poppies for The men & Women

That is awesome Sherman.
Thank you for your support.

Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Thank you for sharing this with us. To us Veterans it means a lot to be able to pay our respects to our comrades and remember all those that have gone before us and given their all in the name of freedom.

A little bit more about the Poppy.
The French lady, Anna Guerin was the one who brought the poppies made by Moina Michael into the United Kingdom.

Demand for the poppy in the UK became so high that very few reached Scotland. As a result Earl Haig's wife established the Lady Haig Poppy Factory in Edinburgh in 1926 which still runs today. It was to primarily supply poppies for Scotland, which differ from the rest of the UK. Scottish poppies have four petals and no leaf.

Hello Guy and thank you very much for your service.
I knew there was more to the story and I truly appreciate your sharing your knowledge with us.
i think the how the poppy came about is heart felt. This was one post that I truly enjoyed researching.

I have also read that for some, the poppies with the leaf are to be worn a certain way to show the remembrance.
Do you know how it is to be worn?

I had planned on looking into it as well. I just thought you might know.

Again, thank you for what you have done for freedom and for your country.
Bless you my friend

Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Hi Lee Ann,

Thank you for your kind and heart felt words. They mean a very great deal.
With regard to the wearing of the poppy with the leaf.
The poppy should be worn with the larger of the two petals facing downwards and the smaller should face up. Some say that the leaf should be in the 11 o'clock position which is quite understandable and respectful, however I have not found anything definitive about that.
The story is that the red signifies the blood, the black for the mourning and the green for the grass/crops and future prosperity after all the destruction.

Ladies should wear the poppy on the right.

Hope this is of interest

Guy

Thank you very much Guy.
I knew there was more to that. I truly appreciate your insights.

I feel like a horrible person. After all of the years of seeing veterans selling the poppy pins, not one time did I bother to ask why.

My husband is a veteran but he doesn't talk about it. It wasn't until I married him, that I truly realised what our service men and women go through as well as their families.

I don't know everything, but I definitely know I appreciate you/them more than ever.

God bless you my friend
Lee Ann

Thanks for sharing Lee Ann.

Derek

Thank you for taking the time Derek : )
Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Thanks for sharing. Very few people are aware of just how many lives have been lost in the
numerous wars that we have had. Lots of lives lost and lots of
families left behind to pick up the pieces of their lives including children. Good post.

Thank you Sandra.
To be honest, I never really realised it myself until I married a veteran and went to a reunion of his Army buddies a couple of years ago.

Being there and hearing their stories was heart wrenching. We went to a base in Georgia where they had all types of equipment and guns.

They performed a show with helicopters and men jumping out of them to the ground for battle. I CRIED looking at my husband.

He doesn't talk about it much, even when he was with his buddies at the reunion. If they mentioned anything related to the actual war they had fought, he remained silent.

I have so much more respect for anyone who served and for their families now than I ever did.

Thank you for your thoughts and for caring.
Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Being from New Zealand I find this really interesting and thanks for sharing Lee Ann :)

Thank you for taking the time to read this : )
There is actually a lot more about the poppy.

I REALLY enjoyed the research for this.
My time was just limited due to family activities.

But I wanted to get a little bit of knowledge about it posted before the day was over.

Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Nice bit of back ground info. Thanks for sharing

Thank you Glenys.
I am glad you enjoyed it : )

I definitely enjoyed researching it.
There is actually more to it, I was just running out of time.

Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

So many relatives starting with my father served in what they called the great war, from the Navy, Marines, Air Force and Army. Very proud of their service and all the other brave men and women you have served. God Bless America!

Thank you William and I agree with you.
So many sacrificed everything in order to give us freedom. For those who have made it home, most are no longer free. What they have been through takes their freedom away.

We owe them and their families more than we can ever repay.
Thank you for sharing with us.

Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

We should always remember our veterans. Thank you for sharing this.

Absolutely Debbie. No matter who served what country, they did it to protect that country and those who live in it.

Veterans deserve so much more than what they receive.

Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

I did not know that about the poppy, thank you for sharing it with us!

I know your husband is a veteran, please thank him for his service. To any other veteran here in WA, I want to thank you as well. It's because of the men and women who serve, and have served, our country that we can live the life we do!

Janelle

Thank you Janelle. I will certainly tell him.
Our girl scout troop takes part in the Veterans Day parade every year.

If the girl doesn't have a veteran in their family or one that they know, we find a veteran to ride beside each girl during the parade.

Our daughter loves having her dad beside her.
I will be adding a picture of them in the parade.

I took it with my husbands phone and he is out of state. When he sends it to me, I will add it.

Your thoughts and kind words are greatly appreciated my friend.
Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

Beautiful!

Thank you very much Rebecca.
Wishing you the best in all you do
Lee Ann

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