The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans Aerial Warfare Dawson comments on these papers

Dawson comments on these papers

when all seemed possible

drunken mob hung Prager from a tree just after midnight on April 5

was a story poorly suited to a nation focused on optimism and progress

The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans Aerial Warfare Dawson comments on these papersDescription by Barbara Elizabeth Walsh illustrated by Layne Johnson Hardcover When American soldiers entered World War I, Moina Belle Michael, a schoolteacher from Georgia, knew she had to act. Some of the soldiers were her students and friends. Almost single handedly, Moina worked to establish the red poppy as the symbol to honor and remember soldiers. And she devoted the rest of her life to making sure the symbol would last forever. Thanks to her