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SUMMARY:Buddy Poppy Day
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 29th VFW Post 6935 members will be in several locations in Harrodsburg starting at 9:00 am passing out buddy poppies and collecting donations. The four way intersection in Burgin\, Kroger\, DQ\, etc.\n\n\n\nWalmart has always been a good location for that but this year they won't let us set up there. So instead\, we'll be setting up in front of Walmart next to Bluegrass Chiro alongside Bee'z Street Eats (a food & drink truck). Possibly the radio station WHBN will be there as well.\n\n\n\nCopied from the VFW.org website:\n\n\n\nBuddy Poppy\n\n\n\nBefore Memorial Day in 1922\, we conducted our first poppy distribution\, 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\, as it remains today.\n\n\n\nDuring our 1923 encampment\, we 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.\n\n\n\nIn February 1924\, we registered the name Buddy Poppy with the U.S. Patent Office. A certificate was issued on May 20\, 1924\, granting our organization all trademark rights in the name of Buddy under the classification of artificial flowers. We've 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.\n\n\n\nToday\, our Buddy Poppies are still assembled by disabled and needy veterans in VA Hospitals.\n\n\n\nThe 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. Show your support today.
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Saturday\, May 29th VFW Post 6935 members will be in several locations in Harrodsburg starting at 9:00 am passing out buddy poppies and collecting donations. The four way intersection in Burgin\, Kroger\, DQ\, etc.
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Walmart has always been a good location for that but this year they won&rsquo\;t let us set up there. So instead\, we&rsquo\;ll be setting up in front of Walmart next to Bluegrass Chiro alongside Bee&rsquo\;z Street Eats (a food &\; drink truck). Possibly the radio station WHBN will be there as well.
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Before Memorial Day in 1922\, we conducted our first poppy distribution\, 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\, as it remains today.
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During our 1923 encampment\, we 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.
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In February 1924\, we registered the name Buddy Poppy with the U.S. Patent Office. A certificate was issued on May 20\, 1924\, granting our organization all trademark rights in the name of Buddy under the classification of artificial flowers. We'\;ve 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.
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Today\, our Buddy Poppies are still assembled by disabled and needy veterans in VA Hospitals.
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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. Show your support today.
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