Why do Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW volunteers give you a paper poppy when you give them a donation?

Its basis is both historical and poetic. The World War I-era poem "In Flanders Fields," by John McCrae, is set in the fields of Flanders, Belgium, where so many of the war dead were buried. The poppy is the VFW's official memorial flower.As a fundraising tool, the Franco-American Children's League distributed them to benefit children in the devasted areas of France and Belgium following WWI The poppy has come to represent the sacrifices made by all American service members.

Today, the VFW uses the poppy--theirs is called the "Buddy Poppy"--to raise money for veterans welfare and other charitable giving, including the VFW National Home for Children in Eaton Rapids, Michigan Others: The National World War I Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, features a display of poppies on the walk into its museum. The poppies represent fallen service members from all nations in the Great War The poppy is a prominent symbol of Remembrance Day in Canada.

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