Thank you to our neighbor, Sue, who decorates her home each holiday and season. I know I speak for our neighborhood, when I say we enjoy her amazing decorations which cheer and uplift our spirits. She makes our neighborhood, New Town at St. Charles, better.
And thank you, Sue, for the poppy, too. I wear it proudly. With gratitude for those who sacrificed, so that I can enjoy those freedoms which, I see now more than ever, are so very dear.
Thank you to those who serve, to those who have served, and to those who gave their lives for our country and for our freedoms. We can never repay those sacrifices, but we can take a moment to remember and to honor.
Chambers on the Road 
Thank you for this beautiful and moving post! Also, please pass my respect and admiration to Sue for her
wonderful work of Art.
Joanna
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Thank you. I will pass on your comment to Sue. Enjoy your day!
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Thank you!
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Beautiful decorations for all to enjoy!
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Yes, and she does it all the time. We walk by her home regularly. Enjoy your day!
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What a wonderful neighbor to have! Our Remembrance Day is on November 11. That’s when we wear our poppies to honour our veterans, both those still living and those who gave their lives in service. I guess our Remembrance Day would be like a combination of your Veterans’ Day and Memorial Day. Regardless of how/when we do it, I believe it’s necessary to honour them.
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I totally agree, Terry. I hadn’t heard of wearing the poppies before seeing the sign and the poppies on Sue’s porch. Now I know it is a tradition in Canada, too! Enjoy your day!
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Lt Colonel John McCrae who wrote “In Flander’s Fields, was a Canadian who served during WW1. His poem formed the symbolism of the poppy in Canada
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Thank you, Terry. I guess we copied Canada. 🙂
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Thank you Sue. And thank you Betty for posting. May we all take a minute today to remember that the freedoms we enjoy today are ours because of the sacrifice of so many.
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You are welcome. And you are so right. Our freedoms are not to be taken for granted. Hope you enjoy your day!
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Those are great decorations. Definitely a throwback to the kind I remember growing up for Memorial Day, Fourth of July, even Christmas time. I love the homemade ones. Great picture of you also! – Marty
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Thanks, Marty. This lady goes all out. She is a sweetheart. When chatting with her, she wanted the Memorial Day decor to be less “sparkly” than the Fourth of July. As she said, Memorial Day is more about respect, and the Fourth more of a celebration. I think this is a good distinction. I like homemade decorations, too. At Christmas, she had some characters going round and round in a snow globe. She made that – on an old record player! Hope you have a nice Memorial Day!
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I remember when I was a child that the veterans would sit outside a store and pass out the little red poppies. I do not recall the last time I have seen that, although it was after I became an adult–I just recall being so surprised to see them with the table of poppies.
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I never heard of wearing poppies for Memorial Day before Sue put the display/tray on her porch. It’d be nice if the tradition you remember would get started again. It’s a great way to plant a seed of respect in a child. Enjoy your Memorial Day.
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Betty, neighbors like you are why I love to decorate my porch. I do it for me, but when I have people stop and share how they enjoy passing by on their walk, it warms my heart.
I grew up with my dad always taking my sister and me to finding vets with poppies on this weekend so we could donate our change and get poppies. I would get as many as I could and string them together to make a necklace. The VFW and American Legion vets used to be on every corner and it was a great day when I would get my poppies and Gus’s pretzels all on the same corner.
My dad was a U.S. Marine in the Korean War and he was always proud of his service and anyone else that served.
The wearing of poppies in honor of America’s war dead is traditionally done on Memorial Day. In war-torn battlefields, the red field poppy was one of the first plants to grow. Its seeds scattered in the wind and sat dormant in the ground, only germinating when the ground is disturbed – as it was by the very brutal fighting during World War I.
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I know so many of us really enjoy all your creative decorations. Thank you to your dad for his service. You are honoring him and all the others who served by carrying on the tradition of the poppies. I will carry it on now, too! Enjoy your day, and see you on our next walk. 🙂
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How delightful! Please let Sue know that she has a fan in Georgia now.😊
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I will certainly let Sue know she has a fan in Georgia! Thank you; you are very kind!
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