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Poppy Lady of FramFrom Flanders FielCumberland G.W.V.A. Arrang ing lor Sale of Poppies on Armistice Day.M'lI’lii! Poppy Lady of France lias dime to Canada with her inspiring message, We shall not forgy^She has brought with her two million:. of red poppies, reproductions of those growing in Flanders Fields between the crosses, row on row, made by l lie women and children of devastated France.She n going to help Panada unite with F’aine on Armistice Day‘In having the two countries honor the brave dead who sleep ill French soil.On this side of the ocean the Poppy I Fiandeis has lieen adopted by the Ureal Wui Veieruns Association ol Canada and the American Legion, and will be adopted by all the veterans of the Ureal War, in all Allied countries, as tin Flower of Remembrance, or Memorial Flower.“The Poppy Lady,” originator of this splendid idea, is going from one allied country to another to assist in having endorsed this rupldly growing movement, which seeks not only to aid the children of devastated France and : lie wounded veterans of each Allied country, hut, more important, will leach the children of the Allied nations to remember and to foster the old friendships which gained new' impetus upon the battlefields of Europe.This blood red blossom, immortalized by the poem of Colonel McCrae, of the Canadian Army, has come to symbolize the graves lying Ovei There, and is a token of the love and gratitude Franco feels for Canada.The headquarters of the movement in Fiance Is the Children’s Legion, or which Madame A. Mlllerand, wife of the President of France, is the honorary president, and Madame Andre Lebon, active president.On Armistice Day the women and childreu of the devastated regions will decorate the graves of the Canadian soldleis, while every patriotic man. woman ahd child over here will wear the poppy lo show that the deeds of ilie bravo lmvo not been forgotten.The local branch of the U. W. V. A. has received a* shipment of 100 small and l'i large red poppies, which of (our •• are urtllicial, but very striking1 and effective reproductions of tills2 !lt;ive!\ flower. These will lie sold onArmistice Day.
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Cumberland Islander
Cumberland, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Oct 29, 1921
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