Shreve Legion names Adrianna Miller, Lauttie Kelly for 2026 Poppy roles
Adrianna Miller and Lauttie Kelly will carry Shreve’s poppy tradition into Memorial Day season, linking the Legion’s youth titles to veterans aid and parade duties.
Shreve American Legion Post 67 has named Adrianna Miller as its 2026 Miss Poppy and Lauttie Kelly as its 2026 Junior Miss Poppy, giving the village two young faces for the Memorial Day season and the year of events that follow.
The selection matters in Shreve because the poppy title is not a one-time photo opportunity. It places Miller and Kelly in the public role that has long connected the Legion’s remembrance work with local families, school groups and village observances. A repost of the announcement showed Miller with Shreve Mayor Josiah Martin, underscoring how the role reaches beyond the Legion hall and into the civic life of the village.
The timing lines up with Memorial Day activity across Holmes County. Shreve’s Memorial Day parade was set for 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 26, led by Shreve American Legion Post 67, and the village also announced an annual Memorial Day Parade & BBQ hosted by the post for May 27, with lineup at Shreve Elementary School beginning at 9:00 a.m. Those events put the poppy program in front of the public at the very moment the community is marking service and sacrifice.
The tradition behind the title reaches far beyond Shreve. The American Legion Auxiliary says its Poppy Program began in 1921, and that millions of red crepe paper poppies are distributed on Memorial Day and Veterans Day in exchange for donations that support disabled and hospitalized veterans. The Auxiliary also says the poppies are handmade by veterans as part of therapeutic rehabilitation, adding a practical fundraising and recovery component to the memorial symbol many people recognize each spring.
In Shreve, the title has become a recurring part of that rhythm. Ella Kendall held the Miss Poppy role in 2025 and was expected to take part in that year’s parade, following Landry Gerber in 2024, Harper Von Kaenel in 2023 and Danicka Schupp in 2012. The steady rotation shows how the post has used the role to keep younger residents involved while keeping veterans visible in village events.
That history gives Miller and Kelly more than ceremonial status. It places them inside a local tradition that links remembrance, community fundraising and public observance in one of Holmes County’s most familiar Memorial Day customs.
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