A special exhibit is now open in honor of Memorial Day. The annual Alabama Poppy Project is in place, honoring fallen service members this Memorial Day.
More than two-thousand handmade, ceramic poppies are display to honor members of the U.S. Armed Forces who are no longer living.PRATTVILLE, Ala. - A special exhibit is now open in honor of Memorial Day . The annual Alabama Poppy Project is in place, honoring fallen service members this Memorial Day weekend.
Over two thousand ceramic poppies are on display in downtown Prattville near Heritage Park, honoring fallen members of the U.S. armed forces. Each sponsored poppy bears the name of a veteran who died in the line of duty, tied to the flower by a ribbon. The red poppy has come to symbolize the blood shed by those who fought for our country following the publication of the wartime poem “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae.
“Not only are we honoring the people from the past we’re also remembering that there may be somebody getting a phone call or visited the door today,” said Julianne Hansen, one of the directors of the project. “And we need to remember this isn’t just about World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam- this is about today and right here and right now.”
The display officially opened at 7:15 p.m. Friday with an opening ceremony, and the playing of Taps at sundown.You can sponsor a poppy on behalf of a loved one who served in the armed forces at
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