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Red Poppies
Here are Todays Great Red Poppies Deals
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 36x30 RED POPPIES BY MARK KAZAV ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING CANVAS COMES STRETCHED $299.00 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 9:53:40 PDT Buy It Now for only: $800.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Tuscany Italian Sunset Country Home Red Poppies 24X36 Oil On Canvas Painting $98.95 End Date: Thursday May-31-2012 18:33:46 PDT Buy It Now for only: $98.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Claude Monet Poppy Field in Argenteuil Hand Painted Oil Painting on Canvas 20x24 $35.99 End Date: Thursday Jun-7-2012 2:05:20 PDT Buy It Now for only: $35.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Framed Huge 3 Panel Floral Art Flower Field Red Poppy $119.00 End Date: Monday Jun-4-2012 1:46:21 PDT Buy It Now for only: $119.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Poppy Field Flower Red Yellow Pink Floral Garden 24 X 36 Tall Oil Painting Art $98.95 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 17:24:14 PDT Buy It Now for only: $98.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Lilian Red Poppies oil painting bestbid shop SE942 $79.99 End Date: Thursday Jun-21-2012 23:58:48 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Crimson Red Poppy Flower Garden Blossoms Buds 24X36 Stretched Oil Painting Art $98.95 End Date: Tuesday May-29-2012 18:00:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $98.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Leike Red Poppy oil painting bestbid shop D809 $79.99 End Date: Thursday Jun-21-2012 23:58:47 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 KADLIC TUSCANY Italy Poppies Red Poppy Landscape Original Oil Painting Art 20x16 $49.00 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 15:36:24 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Poppy Flower Red Yellow Pink Floral Buds Garden 24X36 Stretched Oil Painting $98.95 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 20:00:12 PDT Buy It Now for only: $98.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 XMing Red Poppy Garden Hand Painted Floral oil painting bestbid shop SC442 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-17-2012 6:43:16 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppy field oil painting bestbid shop SD186 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-10-2012 6:27:41 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Leike Red Poppy Party Hand Painted Floral oil painting bestbid shop SD864 $79.99 End Date: Monday Jun-18-2012 23:47:19 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Claude Monet Poppy Field in Argenteuil Hand Painted Oil Painting on Canvas 20x24 $29.74 End Date: Saturday Jun-16-2012 20:30:36 PDT Buy It Now for only: $29.74 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 8x10 Canvas Wall Art Oil Painting Hand Painted Red Poppies $28.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-2-2012 17:11:39 PDT Buy It Now for only: $28.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red poppy Garden oil painting bestbid shop SA368 $69.99 End Date: Friday Jun-8-2012 17:02:07 PDT Buy It Now for only: $69.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 24x24RED TULIPS BY MARK KAZAV ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING CANVAS COMES STRETCHED $159.00 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 19:05:07 PDT Buy It Now for only: $300.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 DSynthia Red Poppy Modern Hand Painted Floral oil painting bestbid shop C357 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-10-2012 19:41:19 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 X LARGE Claude Monet Red Poppies CANVAS Repro ART FRAME $257.98 End Date: Sunday Jun-24-2012 14:36:29 PDT Buy It Now for only: $257.98 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Tuscany Italian Landscape Red Poppies Wheat Farm Home 20X24 Oil Painting Art $77.77 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 17:18:15 PDT Buy It Now for only: $77.77 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppies Oil Painting on Canvas 36x48 3x4 $99.00 End Date: Thursday May-31-2012 16:53:41 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 XMing Red Poppies Modern Hand Painted Floral oil painting bestbid shop E781 $79.99 End Date: Friday Jun-1-2012 0:48:48 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 RED POPPIES 24x20 KAZAV ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING STRETCHED CANVAS $159.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-23-2012 17:27:46 PDT Buy It Now for only: $159.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppies Field Floral Landscape FRAMED OIL PAINTING $81.50 End Date: Monday May-28-2012 11:40:53 PDT Buy It Now for only: $81.50 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 LOVELY PAIR 7 X 9 VTG ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS FLORAL LILACS POPPIES SIGNED EXC $19.99 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 11:30:26 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 XMing Red Poppy oil painting bestbid shop SD378 $69.99 End Date: Thursday Jun-7-2012 1:41:57 PDT Buy It Now for only: $69.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Italian Tuscany Sunset Country Home Red Poppy Field 20X24 Stretched Oil Painting $77.77 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 16:58:33 PDT Buy It Now for only: $77.77 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 8x10 Canvas Wall Art Oil Painting Hand Painted Red Poppies $28.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-2-2012 17:18:36 PDT Buy It Now for only: $28.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppy original oil painting bestbid shop SD196 $79.99 End Date: Friday Jun-8-2012 16:54:16 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Joan Tumpson Red Poppies Floral 8 x 10 Canvas Giclee Print $15.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-23-2012 12:14:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $15.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 XMing Red Poppies Modern Hand Painted Floral oil painting bestbid shop E783 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-17-2012 6:43:16 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 KADLIC TUSCANY Italy Poppies Red Poppy Landscape Original Oil Painting Art 36x24 $99.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 14:34:45 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 RED POPPY Oil On Canvas Framed $125.00 End Date: Monday Jun-18-2012 14:30:18 PDT Buy It Now for only: $125.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Dancing Poppies oil painting bestbid shop E934 $79.99 End Date: Friday Jun-8-2012 1:41:53 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppies and Daisies van GOGH repro Oil paint $52.00 End Date: Tuesday Jun-5-2012 9:00:18 PDT Buy It Now for only: $52.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Poppies Orange Red Yellow Close Up Flowers Garden Stretched 24X36 Oil Painting $98.95 End Date: Monday May-28-2012 16:00:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $98.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 RED POPPIES LARGE ORIGINAL OIL 24 PAINTING $425.00 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 16:24:03 PDT Buy It Now for only: $425.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 XMing Red Poppies oil painting bestbid shop F207 $79.99 End Date: Friday Jun-8-2012 16:54:16 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppy in Sky Floral oil painting bestbid shop A792 $59.91 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 23:13:00 PDT Buy It Now for only: $59.91 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 KADLIC FLORAL Poppies Poppy Painting Original Fine Art 9x10 $39.00 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 19:14:55 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 ORIGINAL ART OIL on CANVAS PAINTING RED POPPIES Flowers 12 x 16 $29.00 End Date: Thursday Jun-21-2012 12:05:36 PDT Buy It Now for only: $29.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Lilian Red Poppies oil painting bestbid shop F185 $79.99 End Date: Thursday Jun-7-2012 1:41:57 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Tuscany Golden Sunset Italian Red Poppy Flowers 24X36 Stretched Oil Painting $98.95 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 15:30:29 PDT Buy It Now for only: $98.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 DSynthia Red Poppy Garden Hand Painted Abstract oil painting bestbid shop D121 $79.99 End Date: Saturday Jun-2-2012 23:30:02 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 FRAMED Claude Monet Red Poppies Argenteuil Repro ART $115.98 End Date: Friday Jun-22-2012 20:12:02 PDT Buy It Now for only: $115.98 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 12x16 Canvas Wall Art Oil Painting Hand Painted Red Poppies $34.95 End Date: Thursday Jun-7-2012 12:56:14 PDT Buy It Now for only: $34.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Lilian Red Poppies Modern Hand Painted Floral oil painting bestbid shop A866 $79.99 End Date: Friday Jun-1-2012 0:48:48 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Impressionist FLORAL STILL LIFE POPPIES WHITE RED BLUE IN VASE signed MYSTERY $139.00 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 19:48:15 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 van Gogh Vase with Red Poppies Framed Giclee Canvas S $79.29 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 0:18:35 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.29 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppies In Garden Floral Art Flowers Buds 20X24 Oil On Canvas Art Painting $77.77 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 17:45:20 PDT Buy It Now for only: $77.77 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Italian Red Poppy Field Tuscany Landscape 24X36 STRETCHED Oil Painting Canvas $94.95 End Date: Monday Jun-18-2012 7:43:33 PDT Buy It Now for only: $94.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 3 Panel Hand Painted Oil painting on Canvas John Ottis Adams Red Poppies Field $900.00 End Date: Wednesday Jun-13-2012 8:37:12 PDT Buy It Now for only: $900.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Lilian Red Poppy oil painting bestbid shop C612 $79.99 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 1:46:15 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Yellow Poppies Oil Painting on Canvas 36x48 3x4 $99.00 End Date: Thursday May-31-2012 16:58:45 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 William Dorsey original listed $160.01 (5 Bids) End Date: Monday May-28-2012 12:01:17 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 John Powell Red Poppies Limited Edition Serigraph $250.00 End Date: Sunday Jun-3-2012 11:29:28 PDT Buy It Now for only: $250.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Yellow Orange Poppies In Bloom Garden Oil Painting $77.77 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 18:48:31 PDT Buy It Now for only: $77.77 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Golden Wheat Field Farm Home Italian Red Flower Stretched 20X24 Oil Painting $77.77 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 16:24:12 PDT Buy It Now for only: $77.77 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Tuscany Italian Farm Home Red Poppy Field Pond 20X24 Stretched Oil Painting Art $77.77 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 15:06:19 PDT Buy It Now for only: $77.77 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Italian Tuscany Town Vineyards Red Poppy Field Large 36X48 Canvas Oil Painting $99.95 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 11:20:34 PDT Buy It Now for only: $99.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 High Quality ART OIL on CANVAS PAINTING RED POPPIES Flowers 20 x 24 $49.00 End Date: Thursday Jun-7-2012 14:42:43 PDT Buy It Now for only: $49.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppy Field Ocean Landscape Oil Painting 36x24 $40.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-16-2012 13:28:12 PDT Buy It Now for only: $40.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 24x36 MKAZAV ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING Red Poppies COMES STRETCED signed $197.00 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 8:58:01 PDT Buy It Now for only: $1,050.00 Buy It Now | Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppies High Quality Oil Painting on Canvas 24x36 Horizontal $69.00 End Date: Thursday Jun-7-2012 17:40:01 PDT Buy It Now for only: $69.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppies Flowers Field Mountains Floral Landscape Art FRAMED OIL PAINTING $66.49 End Date: Sunday Jun-3-2012 9:46:39 PDT Buy It Now for only: $66.49 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 8x10 Canvas Wall Art Oil Painting Hand Painted Red Poppies $28.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-2-2012 16:59:20 PDT Buy It Now for only: $28.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Van Gogh Vase with Daisies and Poppies 24x36 Oil Painting Canvas Huge Art Rep $75.99 End Date: Tuesday Jun-12-2012 1:34:27 PDT Buy It Now for only: $75.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Tuscany Italian Cypess Red Poppies Golden Sunset Large 24X36 Oil Painting Art $98.95 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 18:06:18 PDT Buy It Now for only: $98.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 ABSTRACT ORIGINAL Large Landscape Painting Red poppies green Trees Thomas John $199.70 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 16:29:23 PDT Buy It Now for only: $199.70 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppies Oil Painting Tapestry with Rods FREE SHIPPING 55x495 $143.10 End Date: Wednesday Jun-13-2012 12:06:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $143.10 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Knee Deep in Poppies by June Dudley BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS $4.95 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 14:15:35 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Claude Monet Poppy Field in Argenteuil 24x36 Oil Painting Huge Canvas Art Repro $72.99 End Date: Tuesday Jun-12-2012 2:06:14 PDT Buy It Now for only: $72.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 DELIGHTFUL Red Poppies ORIGINAL Oil Painting Highly Sought C LEWIS 8 x 10 $47.88 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 7:08:37 PDT Buy It Now for only: $47.88 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 High Quality Original Painting Hand Paint Oil On Canvas 8x10 inches Red Poppies $25.00 End Date: Thursday Jun-21-2012 15:57:17 PDT Buy It Now for only: $25.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 COLORFUL W C BY EVELINA SCHMITZ RED POPPIES WHITE PICKET FENCE AND TREES $14.95 End Date: Friday Jun-8-2012 18:53:57 PDT Buy It Now for only: $14.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Dancing Poppy oil painting bestbid shop SA512 $79.99 End Date: Sunday Jun-3-2012 19:13:08 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Van Gogh Vase with Daisies and Poppies Oil Painting Canvas Art Repro 20x24 $35.99 End Date: Tuesday Jun-12-2012 18:20:40 PDT Buy It Now for only: $35.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Knee Deep in Poppies by June Dudley BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS $4.95 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 14:15:36 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Poppies Red Flowers House Floral Field Landscape Art FRAMED OIL PAINTING $174.00 End Date: Wednesday Jun-6-2012 10:31:04 PDT Buy It Now for only: $174.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Joan Tumpson Single Red Poppy Flower 8 x 10 Print $15.00 End Date: Thursday Jun-21-2012 0:38:00 PDT Buy It Now for only: $15.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Poppies High Quality Oil Painting on Canvas 24x36 $69.00 End Date: Thursday Jun-7-2012 17:37:29 PDT Buy It Now for only: $69.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 ABSTRACT ORIGINAL Painting Huge 30x40 Trees Red Poppies Landscape By Thomas John $199.70 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 12:14:41 PDT Buy It Now for only: $199.70 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Golden Sunset Trees Hills Cypress Poppies Painting $77.77 End Date: Saturday May-26-2012 22:24:16 PDT Buy It Now for only: $77.77 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 24x 36 Wall Art Oil Painting Hand Painted Red Poppies $89.95 End Date: Sunday Jun-10-2012 11:12:51 PDT Buy It Now for only: $89.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 French Red Poppy Flower Landscape Farms Oil Painting $98.95 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 22:33:15 PDT Buy It Now for only: $98.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE PAINTING ON VELVET RED AND PURPLE FLOWERS IN BASKET BEAUTIFUL FRAME $29.99 End Date: Thursday May-31-2012 16:54:28 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 8x10 Canvas Wall Art Oil Painting Hand Painted Red Poppies $28.00 End Date: Saturday Jun-2-2012 16:57:09 PDT Buy It Now for only: $28.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Joan Tumpson Red Poppies Meadow Folk Art 8 x 10 Print $15.00 End Date: Thursday Jun-14-2012 14:48:16 PDT Buy It Now for only: $15.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
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 ORIGINAL PAINTING Abstract Large 24X48 Landscape Fine Art Floral By Thomas John $199.70 End Date: Tuesday Jun-19-2012 21:30:45 PDT Buy It Now for only: $199.70 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Italian Tuscany Red Poppies Poppy Flowers Field Large 36X48 Oil Painting Canvas $119.95 End Date: Wednesday May-30-2012 17:36:19 PDT Buy It Now for only: $119.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Framed Hand Painted Oil Painting Repro Claude Monet Red Poppies Argenteuil $196.95 End Date: Thursday May-31-2012 20:05:18 PDT Buy It Now for only: $196.95 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 XL Claude Monet Red Poppies Argenteuil Repro CANVAS ART $125.99 End Date: Saturday Jun-2-2012 16:21:45 PDT Buy It Now for only: $125.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Art Nouveau Style Oil on Canvas Poppy Painting $9.99 End Date: Thursday May-31-2012 19:29:12 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
 FRAMED CANVAS ART Van Gogh Red Poppy Daisy Repro FLOWER $115.98 End Date: Sunday May-27-2012 21:21:57 PDT Buy It Now for only: $115.98 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Red Poppy hand painted painting bestbid shop D305 $79.99 End Date: Thursday May-31-2012 4:38:12 PDT Buy It Now for only: $79.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Van Gogh Vase with Daisies and Poppies 24x36 Oil Painting Canvas Huge Art Rep $69.99 End Date: Tuesday Jun-12-2012 18:17:58 PDT Buy It Now for only: $69.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Red Orange Poppies Flowers Gold Background Floral Art FRAMED OIL PAINTING $41.48 End Date: Thursday Jun-7-2012 13:15:16 PDT Buy It Now for only: $41.48 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 FRAMED Vincent van Gogh Red Poppy Repro CANVAS WALL ART $120.98 End Date: Tuesday Jun-5-2012 14:52:22 PDT Buy It Now for only: $120.98 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Hand painted signed red Poppy flowers art OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS 24 X 36 $89.00 End Date: Tuesday Jun-12-2012 10:34:57 PDT Buy It Now for only: $89.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
More Great Information on Red Poppies:
Memorial Day History and Celebration
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 are the Dead. Short days ago
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.
~ John McCrae, 1915.
First I want you to read this article. Then I want you to scroll back up and re-read the poem above, softly, gently, out loud.
Memorial Day began on the 5th of May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11 which said:
"The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land. In this observance no form of ceremony is prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit."
And it was first observed on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New York in 1873.
Although some Americans view this as a great 3 day weekend, and a time that local swimming pools open, picnics, sporting events and other "fun" activities, Memorial Day has traditionally occurred on May 30, and some, such as the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW), advocate returning to this fixed date. The VFW stated in a 2002 Memorial Day Address, "Changing the date merely to create three-day weekends has undermined the very meaning of the day. No doubt, this has contributed greatly to the general public's nonchalant observance of Memorial Day."
Since the end of World War 1, due to the poem at the top of this article "In Flanders Fields", Memorial Day has also become known as Poppy Day. By 1918 the poem was well known throughout the allied world. Moina Michael, an American woman, wrote these lines in reply to the poem by McCrae:
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led,
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies
She then adopted the custom of wearing a Red Poppy in memory of the sacrifices of war and also as a symbol of keeping the faith.
A French women, Madam Guerin, visiting the United States, learned of the custom and took it one step further. When she returned to France she decided to hand make the red poppies and sell them to raise money for the benefit of the orphaned and destitute women and children in war torn areas of France. This tradition spread to Canada, The United States and Australia and is still followed today. The money collected from the sale of poppies goes to fund various veterans programs.
In essence, Memorial Day is a day to remember not only the war heroes of the past and present who died to give us freedom and rights, but our own family members who served and passed on after serving. My own father served in the Korean War and Vietnam, and passed away in 1988 of heart disease. He was a Chief Master Sgt. in the USAF, and I spend every memorial day thinking of him. So this year, in between the picnics, the racecars, the ice cold beers and the traffic jams (drive safe!!!), take a moment to buy a Poppy from the Old Man at the card table in front of your favorite store (or buy several), and take a moment to remember our heroes. Leave flowers on the graves of soldiers, fly the flag at half-mast, wear your poppy with pride, and attend your local Memorial Day parade or ceremony.
Don't let the ones who suffered for our freedom and our country be forgotton, and don't let their battle cries get muffled by the pages of history. Remember, and be thankful.