Post Messenger Recorder -

State of Wisconsin Proclamation

WHEREAS; America is the land of freedom, preserved and protected, willingly and freely, by the men and women of the Armed Forces; and

WHEREAS; millions who have answered the call to arms have died on the field of battle; and

WHEREAS; a nation must be reminded of the price of war and the debt owed to those who have died in war; and

WHEREAS; the red crepe paper poppy has been designated as a symbol of the sacrifice of lives in all wars; and

WHEREAS; the American Legion Auxiliary has pledged to remind citizens annually of this debt through the distribution of th...