PORT CHARLOTTE — VFW Post 5690 in Port Charlotte, awarded three area stores certificates of appreciation for their participation in the annual Buddy Poppy Program.
Two Publix stores in Punta Gorda and the Lowe’s in Port Charlotte were given framed certificates for allowing the distribution of the symbolic poppies for Memorial Day in front of their stores.
Poppies, a small, typically red flower, are a symbol of remembrance of war and have been since World War I…