Muskego VFW Set to Sell Poppies In Preparation for Veteran's Day

'If you can read, thank a teacher; if you can read in English, thank a veteran.'

For this and so many other things we often take for granted, next weekend in front of , and the r will be your opportunity to meet some of our veterans from the VFW Post 8171.  They will be out selling poppies to help raise funds to support programs, which help disabled and needy veterans, as well as families of deceased veterans.

So, why the poppy?  Dennis Duran of the VFW explained that the history of it goes back to a woman named Anna Guerin, who wanted to raise money for French orphans and others made destitute after World War I.

The poppy is the flower of remembrance, the history goes, and in 1920 Guerin and other volunteers made thousands of these paper flowers.  By 1924, the VFW in America embraced the guesture and trademarked the flower, selling them ever since in remembrance and honor of the fallen.

Please take a moment to shake a hero's hand, thank them and decorate your lapel with a poppy Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29.

In addition, the VFW will hold their annual Veteran's Day Ceremony at on Saturday, November 5 at 10am.  The official obsesrvance is November 11, but meeting with so many who have given so much is truly an event not to be missed.