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Yorkville reflects on the spirit of Poppy Days, memorializing veterans fallen in war · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville reflects on the spirit of Poppy Days, memorializing veterans
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  Speaker 1: fallen in war. Written by Joey Weslow, this article is
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  Speaker 1: If you were seeing a tiny red emblem on shirts
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  Speaker 1: around Yorkville, the red poppy serves to memorialize those who
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  Speaker 1: have paid the ultimate sacrifice in wartime. In Flanders Fields,
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  Speaker 1: the poppies blow between the crosses row on row, wrote
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  Speaker 1: Canadian John McCrae in May nineteen fifteen during World War I,
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  Speaker 1: following a funeral for a friend and fellow soldier. Each year,
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  Speaker 1: veterans wear the red poppy to memorialize the fallen and
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  Speaker 1: to honor each service member's dedication. In Yorkville, the practice
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  Speaker 1: has become an annual tradition in early May, honoring Poppy
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  Speaker 1: Awareness Days to reflect on the lives lost and to
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  Speaker 1: celebrate the contributions to the community from local veterans groups.
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  Speaker 1: Mayor John Purcell announced an official city proclamation and thanked
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  Speaker 1: American Legion Posts four hundred and eighty nine and the
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  Speaker 1: American Legion Auxiliary Unit four hundred and eighty nine for
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  Speaker 1: their work supporting veterans in the community, ensuring the youngest
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  Speaker 1: generation continues learning from their stories. A nation of peace
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  Speaker 1: must be reminded the price of war and the debt
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  Speaker 1: owed to those who have died in war, and the
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  Speaker 1: red poppy has been designated as a symbol of sacrifice
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  Speaker 1: of lives and all wars, Purcell said during a city
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  Speaker 1: council meeting. The American Legion Post four hundred and eighty nine,
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  Speaker 1: an American Legion Auxiliary Unit four hundred and eighty nine,
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  Speaker 1: have pledged to remind America annually of this debt through
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  Speaker 1: the distribution of the memorial flower, he said. During this
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  Speaker 1: year's Popy Awareness Days from May fourth, ten, members of
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  Speaker 1: the Yorkville American Legion Posts displayed buckets across town to
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  Speaker 1: collect donations for their organizations. If you miss the buckets,
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  Speaker 1: you can still reach out, donate, and learn more about
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  Speaker 1: the organization's services by visiting Yorkvillegion dot com, slash