POPPY OF REMEMBRANCE
STREET COLLECTION FRIDAY Symbolic of the landing of the Anzaes at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915, the general public will bo asked lo purchase on Friday the poppy of remembrance which is to be worn on Anzae Day. The late Earl Haig first instituted the sale of poppies in 1921 so as to find light work for badly disabled ex-servicemen. Since its inception it has given work (o many hundreds of disabled men, and many millions of poppies are made throughout the British Empire,,
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Evening Star, Issue 23861, 16 April 1941, Page 5
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87POPPY OF REMEMBRANCE Evening Star, Issue 23861, 16 April 1941, Page 5
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