T Nulty American Legion

Post 471

25 Brown Avenue, Iselin, New Jersey 08830

T Nulty American Legion Post 471
25 Brown Avenue
Iselin, NJ 08830

ph: 732-582-6179
alt: 732-874-5483

471WEBMASTER@GMAIL.COM

  • WELCOME TO POST 471
    • IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM OUR POST COMMANDER RAY ORRISS
    • Mission of the American Legion
    • What is the American Legion?
    • Preamble to the Constitution
    • Most Current Post Newsletter (August 2020)
  • RECENT WEBSITE UPDATES
  • SUBMIT WEBSITE COMMENTS
  • AMERICAN LEGION POST 471
    • Post Commander's Message
    • Immediate Past Post Commander's Message
    • Current Post Officers
    • Who is eligible to join?
    • Legion Membership Application
    • When and where do we meet?
    • WHAT WE DO ....
  • RECENT PHOTOS - AROUND OUR POST
  • VETERAN RESOURCES
    • EMERGENCY NUMBERS
    • MEDIA - Facebook and Legion, Auxiliary and SAL Websites
    • Veterans Administration - Dept of Veterans Affairs
    • NJ Veterans Administration Health Care System (Federal)
    • NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
    • NJ DMVA STATE MEDALS
    • Woodbridge Township
    • Veterans Benefits
    • PTSD Resources
    • Medical Information
    • $3,000 Veterans Tax Exemption
    • Veterans can now shop online at AFEES
    • THE LEGION ACT - AUGUST 2019
    • Honor Their Legacy - Library of Congress
  • SONS OF THE AMERICAN LEGION 471 (SAL)
    • SAL Commander's Message
    • Current SAL officers
    • Who is eligible to join the SAL?
    • SAL Membership Application
    • When and where do we meet?
  • YOUNG MARINES
    • Young Marines Class of 2019-1
  • WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP SUPPORT THE TROOPS RALLIES
    • Support the Troops Rally 2018
    • Support the Troops Rally 2019
  • WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA
  • 2021 HOMETOWN HERO BANNERS
  • COFFEE HOURS at MENLO PARK VETERANS HOME
  • BINGO at MENLO PARK VETERANS HOME
  • AMERICAN LEGION 471 BRICK PROGRAM
    • Brick Program Order Form
    • Walkway Maintenance
  • POPPY SALES
    • In Flanders Field
    • Make a donation to Poppy Drive
  • PREVIOUS MESSAGES, EDITORIALS AND LETTERS
    • ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW LOOKING FOR HELP DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME?
    • STOLEN VALOR
    • Memorial Day Message 2019 from our Post Commander Ray Orriss
    • Message from Post Commander Ray Orriss re: 2018 Holiday events
    • Message from Past Commander Gene Bernhardt re: National Anthem on Wildwood Boardwalk
    • Post Commanders Veterans Day 2019 Message
  • POST PHOTO ALBUMS
    • 2021 Commander visits Sea Cadets
    • 2020 Wreaths Across America
    • 2020 Veterans Day Service
    • 2020 VVA 24-hour POW/MIA VIGIL
    • TOMAS WASIAK enlists in USN
    • 2020 Awards 06/15/2020
    • 2020 Bagel Donation to Menlo Park Veterans Home
    • 2020 Memorial Day
    • 2019 December Donation to Rebuilding Warriors
    • 2019 Donation to Police for Vests
    • 2019 Wreaths Across America
    • 2019 Children's Christmas Party
    • 2019 American Legion County Holiday Party in Menlo Park
    • 2019 Department Commander's Visit to Middlesex County
    • 2019 COFFEE HOUR (11/25/2019)
    • 2019 Young Marines Birthday Party
    • 2019 COFFEE HOUR (10/28/2019)
    • 2019 Donation to NWS Earle Division Sea Cadets
    • 2019 COFFEE HOUR (10/7/2019)
    • 2019 Our 9/29/2019 Post Picnic
    • 2019 BINGO 9/26/2019
    • 2019 Coffee Hour (9/23/2019)
    • June 2019 NWS Earle Sea Cadets visit WashDC
    • 2019 Post Memorial Day
    • 2019 Woodbridge Township Support the Troops Rally
    • 2019 Donation of T-shirts to MCCVC
    • 2019 Placque for Foodtown - Thanks for assisting with our Poppy Drive
    • 2019 Scholarship to J. Santos, NWS Earle Div Sea Cadets
    • 2019 April 22 2019 COFFEE HOUR
    • NWS Earle Sea Cadets Posted Memorial Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Feb 2019
    • 2019 Donation to Rebuilding Warriors
    • 2018 Children's Christmas Party
    • 2018 Thank You from BOE to Veterans from 471
    • 2018 Veterans Day Parade
    • 2018 Our New Post Home
    • 2018 Chamber of Commerce
    • 2018 24-Hour POW/MIA Vigil sponsored by VVA233
    • 2018 NJ Senior Olympics
    • 2018 St James Street Fair
    • 2018 Donation to the NWS Earle Division Sea Cadets
    • 2018 5 Branches Grand Opening
    • 2018 Donation to First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge
    • 2018 Post and Auxiliary Installation
    • 2018 JROTC Scholarship
    • 2018 Fleet Week
    • 2018 Pack 148 Blue and Gold Dinner 2/25/2018
    • 2018 Donation to Rebuilding Warriors 2/19/2018
    • 2017 Wreaths Across America 12/17/2017
    • 2017 Veterans Appreciation at Somerset Patriots Stadium
    • 2017 Veterans Day Breakfast at Colonia High School 2017
    • 2017 Post donation to JROTC
    • 2017 Woodbridge Veterans Day Parade
    • 2017 Post members in DC with VVA233 on Veterans Day 2017
    • 2017 Misc Photos from November
    • 2017 Vietnam Veterans Chapter 233 POW MIA Vigil 15-16 Sep 2017
    • 2017 9/11 Ceremony Woodbridge Township
    • 2017 Senior Olympics
    • 2017 Street Dedication
    • 2017 Volunteer Luncheon (Menlo Park)
    • 2017 Department of NJ Commander's Visit
    • 2017 Boys State Judging
    • 2017 Packing for Troops
    • 2017 Donation to NJ Veterans Memorial Home Menlo Park
    • 2017 American Legion Scholastic Excellence Award
    • 2017 Woodbridge Township Youth Volunteer Award
    • 2016 Veterans Day (Misc Photos)
    • 2016 JROTC WHS Awards Program
    • 2016 JROTC Woodbridge High School
    • 2016 Community Activities
    • 2016 Scouts
    • 2016 Kids Christmas Party
    • 2016 Christmas
    • 2016 Christmas Party
    • 2016 Fleet Week

Poppy Sales

HISTORY OF THE MEMORIAL POPPY
 
 

 THE MEMORIAL POPPY

The Poppy as the memorial flower for American war dead is a tradition which began in the years following the first world war.  Veterans returning to their homes in this country remembered the wild poppies which lined the devastated battlefields of France and Flanders, and the soldiers of all nations came to look upon this flower as a living symbol of their dead comrades' sacrifice.  A Canadian officer, Colonel John McCrae, immortalized the flower in his famous poem, "In Flanders' Fields".

Returning servicemen brought with them memories of the battlefield poppies, and the flower soon took on a sacred significance.  The poppy soon became a symbol of honoring the dead and assisting the living victims of war.

Soon after the armistice, patriotic organizations in different countries began conducting poppy sales.  The flowers, made by disabled servicemen, raised funds for relief work among handicapped veterans and their families.  Wearing a poppy came to mean honor the dead and help the living.

The homecoming of the 32nd Division in Milwaukee in June 1919 marked the beginning of the Auxiliary's Poppy Program.  A coffee and doughnut booth decorated with paper poppies was stripped of its floral ornaments twice and the passerby who took the poppies left contributions on the counter.  Several hundred dollars were contributed for the benefit of disabled veterans.  One of the women in the booth, Mrs. Mary Hanecy, proposed that distributing poppies on the streets at the time of Memorial Day would be an excellent way for American Legion Posts to raise money needed for rehabilitation work.  She presented her idea to Post Number 1 in Milwaukee and as a result, this group conducted a poppy distribution on the Saturday before Memorial Day 1920.

The Georgia Department of The American Legion adopted the poppy as a memorial flower at its Convention in 1920.  Then the Georgia delegation took the idea to The American Legion National Convention at Cleveland in September 1920 and the poppy was adopted as the national memorial flower of the organization.  At the first National Convention of The American Legion Auxiliary in Kansas City, Missouri in October 1921, one of its first actions was the adoption of the poppy as the Auxiliary's memorial flower.

During the same period, the poppy also became the memorial flower of the British Legion.  Other American veterans' organizations followed The American Legion and Auxiliary in adopting it as their official flower of remembrance.  Shortly afterward, millions of the memorial flowers were worn each year throughout the English speaking world to honor the war dead and aid living but disabled veterans.

By 1924, it was realized the Poppy Program would be best handled by women and The American Legion gave the Auxiliary complete charge of the national program.  The Auxiliary lived up to the great responsibilities this carried.  At present, approximately 25 million Americans wear Legion and Auxiliary poppies in tribute to the war dead, contributing nearly two million dollars for the rehabilitation and well being of disabled veterans.

(Information source:  The American Legion Auxiliary National Headquarters/Poppy Program)


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T Nulty American Legion Post 471
25 Brown Avenue
Iselin, NJ 08830

ph: 732-582-6179
alt: 732-874-5483

471WEBMASTER@GMAIL.COM