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November 11Veterans DayRemembrance DayArmistice Day
In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day
in the eleventh month, the world rejoiced and celebrated.
After four years of bitter war, an armistice was signed. The "war to end all wars" was over. Source: http://sherylfranklin.com/holidays/veterans_day.html
We remember…
"In Flanders Fields"Written in by John McCrae (1915) After witnessing the carnage of WWI John McCrae wrote "In Flanders Fields." McCrae, a Canadian, was a medical officer in the Boer War and World War I.
In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on rowThat mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.
In Flanders Fields...
the
poppies
grow....
that mark our place ...
and in the sky the larks, still singing bravely, fly...
scarce heard amid the guns below ...
we are the dead ...
short days ago we lived ...
l
o
v
e
d
and were loved ...
and now we lie in Flanders Fields.
Take
up
our
quarrel
with
our
foe
to you from failing hands...
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.
