Pearl City Poppy Day

 

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Linda Aspinwall and last year's Miss Poppy Charlee Ditzler during last year's event.

Honor our fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of our veterans on National Poppy Day®, the Friday before Memorial Day, May 26th, when members of American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Unit 1014 distribute bright red poppies in exchange for a donation. The Flanders Fields poppy has become an internationally known and recognized symbol of the lives sacrificed in war and the hope that none died in vain. The American Legion Family called upon Congress to proclaim the Friday before Memorial Day as National Poppy Day, which was officially designated as such in 2017.

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