Alexander American Legion Post had a good Poppy Drive

Alexander American Legion Post Commander Harold Timmerman recently spoke with me while both of us happened to be at city hall. Timmerman said they received $808, and some change, in donations during their Memorial Day Poppy Drive.

The American Legion Poppy Drive is an annual event to help raise funds for American Legion posts. The poppies represent the poppy fields in France where American Soldiers fought and died during World War I. The American Legion was founded in France in 1919.