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.
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Yes, I'll be watching the Remembrance Day ceremony from the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that!
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Gloria Steinem said the factor with the strongest correlation to peace by country is gender equality.
ReplyDeleteThe peace that not only our Veterans, but that every Veteran fought for. A wonderful wish.
ReplyDeleteAmen.
ReplyDeleteThank you...it was so neat to see people wearing poppy pins in England when we went in November one year.
ReplyDeleteAnd 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
ReplyDeleteSeeing it with my own eyes is something I will never forget
Bless you for this post xxx
I second that thought. x
ReplyDeleteSo much gratitude...
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