Surefire method for keeping poppies firmly attached

I received several emails today in response to my Daily News column on the controversy over using Canada-flag pins and such to keep Remembrance poppies from falling off. Here’s a particularly helpful one:

Mel:

I happened to read your column on the Poppy during my lunch period.

Keeping the Poppy pinned to a piece of clothing has been an ongoing issue for many years.

I have forwarded to you a photo I took, of a trick I was shown several years ago to keep my Poppy from going astray and I have never lost one since.

You push the pin through a piece of your clothing – through the plastic edge of the Poppy and then back into your clothing.

Hopefully this will be of benefit to you and your readers.

Cheers,

Chuck McKenzie

Past Zone Commander

Central B.C.

The Royal Canadian Legion