HRES 459 · 119th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security

Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Poppy Day".

Introduced 2025-06-03· Sponsored by Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]· House

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Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.(2025-06-03)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H. Res. 459 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 459 Supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Poppy Day''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2025 Mr. Carson (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Fleischmann, Ms. Sherrill, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tenney, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, and Mr. Tiffany) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ RESOLUTION Supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Poppy Day''. Whereas poppies are worn and displayed as a symbolic tribute to fallen and future veterans and members of the Armed Forces; Whereas the use of the poppy symbolically comes from the poem ``In Flanders Fields'', which movingly begins, ``In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row'', referring to the poppies that sprang up in the battlefields and newly dug soldiers' graves in parts of Belgium and Fra…

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