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Old 11-19-2006, 10:10 AM   #53
Islandgirl
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About poppies in USA

I live on Long Island, NY, and not only on Veterans Day, but on Memorial Day too, the veterans are everywhere selling poppies. I
remember giving one to my niece,Jenna, when she was around 5 years old [now 13]and explaining to her what it meant [although I never knew there was a poem]. We were grocery shopping. She wore it proudly [as I did mine]and a few years later saw it hanging on her mirror in her bedroom. My grandfather, who fought in WWI, was the one who taught me about poppies.
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