BUDDY POPPY

Our goal is...

"To honor the Dead by Helping the Living" and wear a "Buddy" Poppy -- VFW's official flower -- you not only help needy and disabled veterans, but honor those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom.

History:

The Poppy movement was inspired by Canadian Army Col. John McCraes poem, "In Flanders Fields."  Poppies were originally distributed by the Franco-American Children's League to benefit children in devastated areas of France and Belgium following WW1.  In 1924, the VFW registered the name "Buddy Poppy" with the U.S. Patent office, and 31 years later, the "Buddy Poppy" becomes a National Program of the Ladies Auxiliary.