The Poppy Lady

Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans

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  • Here
  • is
  • the
  • inspiring
  • story
  • behind
  • the
  • Veterans
  • Day
  • red
  • poppy,
  • a
  • symbol
  • that
  • honors
  • the
  • service
  • and
  • sacrifices
  • of
  • our
  • veterans.When
  • American
  • soldiers
  • entered
  • World
  • War
  • I,
  • Moina
  • Belle
  • Michael,
  • a
  • schoolteacher
  • from
  • Georgia,
  • knew
  • she
  • had
  • to
  • act.
  • Some
  • of
  • the
  • soldiers
  • were
  • her
  • students
  • and
  • friends.
  • Almost
  • single-handedly,
  • Moina
  • worked
  • to
  • establish
  • the
  • red
  • poppy
  • as
  • the
  • symbol
  • to
  • honor
  • and
  • remember
  • soldiers.
  • And
  • she
  • devoted
  • the
  • rest
  • of
  • her
  • life
  • to
  • making
  • sure
  • the
  • symbol
  • would
  • last
  • forever.
  • Thanks
  • to
  • her
  • hard
  • work,
  • that
  • symbol
  • remains
  • strong
  • today.
  • Author
  • Barbara
  • Elizabeth
  • Walsh
  • and
  • artist
  • Layne
  • Johnson
  • worked
  • with
  • experts,
  • primary
  • documents,
  • and
  • Moina's
  • great-nieces
  • to
  • better
  • understand
  • Moina's
  • determination
  • to
  • honor
  • the
  • war
  • veterans.A
  • portion
  • of
  • the
  • book's
  • proceeds
  • will
  • support
  • the
  • National
  • Military
  • Family
  • Association's
  • Operation
  • Purple®,
  • which
  • benefits
  • children
  • of
  • the
  • US Military.
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