Members of the American Legion Post 164 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 164 manned tables in more than six spots in the greater Katy area, selling poppies on Memorial Day, May 25. Shown at Snappy’s, 5803 Highway Blvd. in Katy are (left to right) Gillian Woodstrom, Leslie Britton and Harry Woodstrom. The \Memorial Day poppies are a symbol of remembrance and respect for soldiers who have given their lives in service to their country, worn in the United States on Memorial Day, to honor those who died in military service. The tradition began in 1915 when Canadian artillery surgeon Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae saw bright-red poppies blooming in the war-torn fields of Flanders, Belgium, after the Second Battle of Ypres. The sight moved him to write the poem “In Flanders Fields,” which became a powerful call to remember the fallen.