As a milspouse, I‘d really rather we not continue to “take up the quarrel,” but I do appreciate the way McCrae so pointedly presents the dead here, as individuals who were so recently just like us, and expecting to go on.
Hooah, my friends. Missing you.
#OnThisDay in 1915 Army Doctor John McCrae sat and penned the words:
"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."
Some say he then crumpled up the page and threw it away, until it was saved by a fellow officer. McCrae would continue to work on it for months until its publication later that year.
#HistoryGetsLIT
#lestweforget #remembranceday
Today is also the 100 year anniversary of the use of the red poppy for Remembrance/Armistice ceremonies 🥀
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. 🌹❤️🌹❤️
#Remember #RemembranceDay #NFNov
My family doesn‘t have many who have served, we‘re mostly farmers and teachers and nurses. That doesn‘t mean that we don‘t appreciate and remember the sacrifices made by others. Today is a shared day of remembrance and recognition for many of us. While the reason for today is a horrible one, I‘m thankful for the bond it creates with our friends in Europe, and elsewhere. We need that as much now as we did then. Never forget.
We will remember them. 🇨🇦
I hope I will be able to find the veterans giving away the red poppies this weekend.
*stolen from @CouronneDhiver . Thank you for this remembrance. ♡
#forever #NoFemmeber
@Cinfhen @BillyPar
On this day, Armistice day. A moment to remember, think of all the brave men and women.
I do three things on Armistice day, I read John McCrae's poem, I listen to Raymond Levesque's song and I seek the Heritage Minutes about WW1 I offer you The Nurses of WW1 https://youtu.be/00n67k-f7Yw
I am so proud that Julie Payette is right now GG.
Thanks to @gradcat in supporting my search for WW1 literature! This book is free on kindle. Sharing in case anyone else is interested! @LazyDays I could not think of a good hashtag for #Litsypoetrylovers thought you might have one to add in case of interest?
Today we remember and are forever grateful. #remembranceday #lestweforget 🇨🇦❤️
"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."
#inmemoriam #maybookflowers
"If ye break faith with those who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields." #lestweforget #remembranceday #veteransday #armisticeday #neveragain And here's a reading of the poem by Leonard Cohen https://youtu.be/cKoJvHcMLfc
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!
#remembranceday #lestweforget
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!
..........
In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row...
#inspiring #photoadaynov16
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