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[golding76]

TY1,

Thank you so much for the informative article.  The geographic area in the U.S. where I grew up was first settled by the British and Germans.  I wonder if the British heritage of the area was the reason for the presence of the red paper poppy to honor the fallen.  It is a very firm memory.  Although I do not live in that town anymore, I do not think the tradition has been continued.  (I have been in and out of the town for decades since moving from it.)

Now I am wondering if the wearing of the poppy could be revived by the population at large in the U.S.  There may still be pockets of our nation that never abandoned the wearing of the paper poppy on special dates, but I do not see it any longer.

I am interested in bringing back this tradition. 

[songbird]

[TY]

@golding76

It could be as a lot of Commonwealth countries also have the poppy as a symbol to remember those lost in WWI and do wear them on Remembrance Day.

[hsawaknow]

Both my Grandfathers and my father served in the wars. It is sad to see that we dont do parades anymore, yet use veterans day as a day off for government workers, and sales, sales, sales.