Friday, November 09, 2012


In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields
by John McCrae, May 1915
In every cemetery, in every country there are these stones that mark the place of Veterans.  My hope is that one day war will be a thing of the past and we can live in peace that our veterans fought for. 

9 comments :

  1. Yes, I'll be watching the Remembrance Day ceremony from the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Sunday.

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  2. Agreed. Gloria Steinem said the factor with the strongest correlation to peace by country is gender equality.

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  3. The peace that not only our Veterans, but that every Veteran fought for. A wonderful wish.

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  4. Thank you...it was so neat to see people wearing poppy pins in England when we went in November one year.

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  5. And to think I was standing there right there earlier this year - oh gosh - http://catalinanz.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/day-6-ypres-zonnebeker-passendale.html
    Seeing it with my own eyes is something I will never forget
    Bless you for this post xxx

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  6. I second that thought. x

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