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To: The Mayor; DollyCali; ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; dutchess; Mama_Bear; Billie; Allegra; lonestar; ...

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD

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.
~~~
~ In Flanders Fields - Lest We Forget~

103 posted on 05/26/2008 4:23:41 PM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: MEG33

That poem always tears me up.


105 posted on 05/26/2008 4:28:10 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
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To: MEG33

Beautiful, Meg.


123 posted on 05/26/2008 5:35:09 PM PDT by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
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