The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans Aerial Warfare writing the book Winged Peace

writing the book Winged Peace

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

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The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans Aerial Warfare writing the book Winged PeaceDescription 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