Posted on Apr 20, 2018
This Stunning Memorial to Britain's WWI Soldiers Makes Its Final Appearance
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It is indeed stunning, CW5 Jack Cardwell. The WWI poem, "In Flanders Fields" written by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, is the inspiration for poppies being prominent Remembrance Day symbols throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly in Canada.
The incredibly moving poem follows:
"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."
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC (Join to see) SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT (Join to see)
The incredibly moving poem follows:
"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."
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC (Join to see) SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT (Join to see)
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