The Poppy Woman: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans

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“In any respect your palms discover to do, do it with all of your would possibly.”

Ever since she was a younger woman, Moina Belle Michael relied on this motto.

In March 1917, German U-boats sunk one other American ship—and the nation was outraged!

Moina Belle Michael, a schoolteacher from Georgia, knew she needed to act.

Moina knitted socks and sweaters and rolled bandages for the Purple Cross.

She delivered books, magazines, and sweet to camps close by. She and buddies invited troopers dwelling for dinner.

Moina arrange a desk within the basement of Columbia’s Hamilton Corridor, the place troopers, sailors, marines, and secretaries got here throughout their free time.

Moina went “poppy looking” on the streets of New York.

The Poppy Woman

Two days after Moina purchased the twenty-five poppies, World Struggle I ended.

Moina spent each spare second, and all the cash she might save, urging teams to undertake the Flanders Fields Memorial Poppy to honor and assist the veterans.

Moina turned generally known as the Poppy Woman. She acquired recognition and awards from around the globe, but it surely was nothing in comparison with seeing her dream of serving to the troopers to return true.

Every time we put on a purple poppy, we thank the women and men who gave a lot for our nation’s freedom.

We promise to recollect them.

At all times.