The Miracle Flower - From Flanders to The Tower
Jeremy Prescott SpeakerNet Sponsor
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- Hobby
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- Expensed: No charge for in person presentations but a contribution to cover travel expenses is encouraged
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- History
- Updated:
- 30th October 2020
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The story of how the Poppy has become the flower and symbol of remembrance. From John McCrae's iconic poem "In Flanders Fields", to America and how Moina Michael gave the poppy the name "The Miracle Flower" and initiated the poppy appeal in support of the sentiment expressed in that poem, to Anna Guerin who encouraged French widows and their children to make poppies which she then sold to the B Legion with the proceeds helping them to lead their lives. Major George Howson MC with a grant of £2,000 established the Poppy Factory in 1922 employing disabled service personnel. The influence of the opium poppy in the recent war in Afghanistan is covered with the end of British engagement coinciding with the uplifting project "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" at the Tower of London. The presentation concludes with a look at how remembrance may be conducted in the future
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Jeremy Prescott served for 26 years as an Army Officer seeing operational service in Dhofar, Oman and 4 tours in Northern Ireland. After retiring from the Army he was appointed as CEO of a charity covering Leics and Rutland which supported rural communities. In this role he facilitated 6 successful bids to the Lottery for over £1m. In 2013 in order to help communities in their own commemoration of the 100th anniversary of WW1 he developed the “Sacrifice and Remembrance” project delivering presentations on that theme - www.sacrificeandremembrance.com. After retiring from the charity after 18 years he has further developed this project and now presents on 14 different topics. To date these talks have been given in over 450 venues to 16,000 people. As a result of the Covid - 19 crisis he has been offering these presentations via Zoom across the country. He does these presentations entirely on a voluntary basis but encourages donations to Combat Stress - The Veterans Mental Health Charity. To date he has raised over £26,000 for Combat Stress. He now lives in Southsea Hants
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- The Wall - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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