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Recount History of Annual Poppy Days
The article details the origin of Poppy Day in memory of World War I dead. Miss Moiia Michael of Athens Georgia first wore a poppy after receiving John McCrae's We Shall Not Sleep in 1918. Proceeds from poppy sales fund welfare relief for veterans and their families with all earnings going to relief work.
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America
Moiia Michael
Athens
Hamilton Hall
Columbia University
New York
Ladies Home Journal
John McCrae
Miss Michael