Today we Remember [Commonwealth Countries]

[Chicken]

Today on this date was the end of World War I, we remember all the men who sacrificed themselves for our Country.

In Flanders Fields

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

We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada. The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our collective national consciousness; our future is their monument.

I would like to say thank you to all the veterans and people who have sacrificed themselves to make our countries what they are today.

 

[True_Snake]

Thank you for the reminder. And that poem has to be my all time most-liked. "In Flander's Fields" is just REMARKABLE.

Thank you,
True_Snake

 

[dezinerite]

Amen to that.
Completely slipped my mind...