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OT: Vetran's Day/ Poppies



ahh, I was talking to my ...(ex GF?).... who lives in windsor about
remembrance day not too long ago...she got me a poppy and i have it on my
jacket!!

On 11/10/06, C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
> I'd been talking to one of the US lister's about Remembrance day and why
> it
> is that Canadians wear poppies to remember those who served. Sadly, the
> numbers of WWII Vetrans are quickly dwindling, and WWI vets are no longer
> present at our ceremonies of Remembrance. This poem was written by a
> Canadian field surgeon, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae MD, who had spent
> 17
> days patching up the injured at Ypres, and exhausted, sat down and wrote
> this poem. It has become part of the Canadian national fabric, and is the
> reason we as Canadians wear a poppy as a symbol of respect and
> remembrance.
>
> In Flander's Fields
>
> In Flander's 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.
>
>
>
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>
> Cathy
>
>
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