Flag Day program at ACC Library

Celebrate Flag Day at the Athens-Clarke County Library by learning about Athens' own "Poppy Lady," Moina Michael.

The Athens Historical Society presents "Flower Power: How Moina Michael's Poppies Earned Millions for Veterans," at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, in Athens-Clarke County Library's Appleton Auditorium. The program will celebrate Moina Belle Michael, who was inspired by the John McCrae poem now known as In Flanders Field to make the poppy an international symbol of memorial for those lost to the Great War.

Tom Michael, the great-grandson of Moina Michael's brother, Willie Michael, will present a history of the impact of Moina Michael's efforts to make the poppy a symbol of remembrance, and information about the plan to commemorate Moina Michael and her work for veterans in 2018, the centennial of the end of World War I. 

Readings of the poem that inspired Moina and her poem in response, We Shall Keep the Faith, will be read by Allen Rowell and Gay McCommons of Town and Gown Players.

A light reception will follow the program. This event is free and open to the public.

For more information about this event, call the Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room at (706) 613-3650, ext. 350. The library is located at 2025 Baxter Street, Athens. 

Sunday, June 14, 2015

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