The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans Aerial Warfare providing both a history of

providing both a history of the First World War’s origins from a Russian perspective and an international history of why the revolution happened

Much has been made of-and written about-August 1914

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

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only to find that they were all dead

The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans Aerial Warfare providing both a history ofDescription 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