The photos are of members (Jim Stueve and Joe Guy) of VFW Calabash Post #7288 and were taken during our Buddy Poppy distribution on Saturday, November 8, 2014 in honor of Veterans Day. Over twenty of our Posts members and members of the Mens and Ladies Auxiliaries distributed Buddy Poppies at three locations Calabash, NC. And in case you wanted to know: The VFW conducted its first poppy distribution before Memorial Day in 1922, becoming the first veterans organization to organize a nationwide distribution. The poppy soon was adopted as the official memorial flower of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. During the 1923 encampment the VFW decided that VFW Buddy® Poppies would be assembled by disabled and needy veterans who would be paid for their work to provide them with financial assistance. The next year, disabled veterans at the Buddy Poppy factory in Pittsburgh assembled VFW Buddy Poppies. The designation Buddy Poppy was adopted at that time. In February 1924, the VFW registered the name Buddy Poppy with the U.S. Patent Office. A certificate was issued on May 20, 1924, granting the VFW all trademark rights in the name of Buddy under the classification of artificial flowers. The VFW has made that trademark a guarantee that all poppies bearing that name and the VFW label are genuine products of the work of disabled and needy veterans. No other organization, firm or individual can legally use the name Buddy Poppy. Today, VFW Buddy Poppies are still assembled by disabled and needy veterans in VA Hospitals. The VFW Buddy Poppy program provides compensation to the veterans who assemble the poppies, provides financial assistance in maintaining state and national veterans rehabilitation and service programs and partially supports the VFW National Home For Children. So when you see our Buddy Poppies being distributed, they are free but any donation you can make will go a long way in supporting our countrys disabled and needy veterans!
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 23:41:55 +0000
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