Red roses for a blue lady...

How Two Local Florists Delivered 25,000 “Freedom” Roses to Nancy Pelosi



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“We wanted to express our love for all the work she does and how hard Speaker Pelosi worked to get a Democratic majority,” Hogarth says.

The call for donations that Daily Kos sent out through its newsletter subscription service raised money at an astonishing rate. According to the Washington Post, within just a few hours they had the money to purchase thousands of roses. They ended up sending 25,000 roses at 89 cents a stem, or $22,000. And that doesn’t include the cost of a local florist processing the shipment for delivery.

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The following day, an additional 15,000 flowers arrived, and the first 10,000 were delivered to Pelosi’s office. Rather than overwhelm her office with the second delivery of 15,000 stems, Pelosi’s office asked Daily Kos to deliver the remaining shipment to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Thursday morning. According to Daily Kos, Pelosi has made the choice to deliver excess blooms to the Walter Reed multiple times in the past. Potomac Floral was pleased with this arrangement, as they also donate flowers to Walter Reed annually. The arrangements go to patients and caregivers to take home.

The coordination of such a large gift went through Pelosi’s office, but it was the delivery to Walter Reed that was the more complicated gifting process, says Hogarth. Unloading buckets upon buckets of the red blooms created a sea of crimson “Freedom” roses at Walter Reed this morning, the choice of vibrant red making a powerful visual impact.

In selecting a flower that has come to epitomize big romantic gestures, the choice of bloom was intentional, says Hogarth. “Red roses is love.”

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Damn. I have a tear in my eye. Thank you Nancy Pelosi for your lifetime of service to the American people and the honor you show to the men and women that served this country. They served selflessly and with honor to uphold the our Constitution and our hard earned freedoms.

In selecting a flower that has come to epitomize big romantic gestures, the choice of bloom was intentional, says Hogarth. “Red roses is love.”