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Red Poppy Becomes Armistice Day Emblem Worldwide
The piece recounts Moina Michael’s inspiration from a WWI poem, her push to wear red poppies in memory of fallen and disabled soldiers, and how the emblem spread from the United States to Europe. It notes the poppy’s adoption by the American Legion in 1920 and its global symbolism, plus a Georgia memory link to Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
America
Europe
Hamilton Hall
Columbia University
New York City
Moina Michael
Y. W. C. A. Overseas Headquarters
Flanders Fields
Col
John McCrae
Columbia
Miss Michael
Y.M. and. W
Michael
Dean Talcott Williams
Columbia School of Journalism
War Workers’ Committee
Preston
Cleveland
Rodman Wanamaker
Dean Williams
Georgia
The
American Legion
Augusta
Niss Michael
Legion
Atlanta
Charles M. Galliene
Post No. 1
Ohio
Atlantic
Mme. E. Guerin
Paris
Canada
Italy
Holland
Germany
Spain
Belgium
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Greece
Romania
Japan
China
Mexico
Asia Minor
North
South America
East
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Moia Michael
Calvin Coolidge
Georgia General Assembly
Athens
Columbus
Ladies Aid Society
Joseph Johnston
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
South
British Legionnaires
British Isles
France
Union
Disabled World
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States