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In Flanders Fields
Lt Col John McCrae at Ypres | 1915 | Lt Col John McCrae, field surgeon, Canadian Field Artillery

Posted on 11/11/2014 3:58:21 AM PST by Clive

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


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To: centurion316

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqNkVnC0LIY&index=24&list=PL73F558F75D9C13C2

West Point Glee Club “Mansions of the Lord”, Nov 11, 2009


41 posted on 11/11/2014 11:27:28 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Squawk 8888

Hey !! I got one of those pins last Saturday night at the Honours and Awards banquet at our local Legion. I wore it today in the center of my poppy to hold it on. Those cheap little pins we use don’t work :)


42 posted on 11/11/2014 5:41:58 PM PST by Dartman (CDN PM Stephen Harper may not be perfect, but we don't have to be ashamed or embarassed of him.)
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To: Squawk 8888

Hey !! I got one of those pins last Saturday night at the Honours and Awards banquet at our local Legion. I wore it today in the center of my poppy to hold it on. Those cheap little pins we use don’t work :)


43 posted on 11/11/2014 5:42:20 PM PST by Dartman (CDN PM Stephen Harper may not be perfect, but we don't have to be ashamed or embarassed of him.)
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Oops. Sorry for the double post.


44 posted on 11/11/2014 5:43:22 PM PST by Dartman (CDN PM Stephen Harper may not be perfect, but we don't have to be ashamed or embarassed of him.)
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