Meeker

The Red Poppy – A History and a Memory

A teenager recently asked me what the red poppy on my living room shelf was for. It’s one of the simple ones the VFW gives every 11/11.  I was surprised and pleased by the question. It’s always a joy to share a little bit of history, particularly one of such importance.

She didn’t know that WWI had been called The Great War. Nor that more than 20 million people had died and that it had…