Governor Proclaims Poppy Day

Poppy Day

2025

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, America is the land of freedom, preserved and protected willingly and freely by citizen soldiers;

Whereas, millions who have answered the call to arms have died on the field of battle;

Whereas, a nation at peace must be reminded of the price of war and the debt owed to those who have died in war;

Whereas, the red poppy has been designated as a symbol of sacrifice of lives in all wars; and

Whereas, The American Legion Auxiliary has pledged to remind America annually of this debt through the distribution of the memorial flower;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 23, 2025, as “Poppy Day” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this sixth day of May in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.