First, I would like to wish all my fellow Veterans a Happy Veterans Day.
Some of you may know about In Flanders Field and the poem composed by
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army
At our local VFW Post, this poem is read on both Memorial Day and Veterans Day. I would like to share it with you as shown below.
For four long years Flanders Fields was the scene of the First World War. Homes and fields were turned into a battlefield in 1914. European and wider international interests were fought over here. A million soldiers were wounded, missing or killed in action. Some tens of thousands of citizens became refugees. Entire cities and villages were destroyed.
The landscape of the region still tells the story of the war. It contains hundreds of monuments and cemeteries which have great historical significance for the people of many nations. There are a lot of museums which explain in an interactive way all the aspects of the conflict: the battles, daily life, etc
Additionaly, I have attached a small brochure of Flanders Field, in Belgium.
Also attached the Armed Forces Medely, introduced in 2010 by Gary Sinise (CSI NY/Lt. Dan Forrest Gump) at the Memorial Day Services in Washington D.C. which you can listen to as you read the poem.
Finely, just a little article on Gary Sinise and his work for and with Veterans.
Thank you
max46
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-shines-his-light-on-u-s-veterans-thats-the-way-that-i-can-give-back-and-serve/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1VZNtlyEII
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
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.
http://www.abmc.gov/publications/VisitorBrochures/FlandersField_Brochure.pdf
Some of you may know about In Flanders Field and the poem composed by
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army
At our local VFW Post, this poem is read on both Memorial Day and Veterans Day. I would like to share it with you as shown below.
For four long years Flanders Fields was the scene of the First World War. Homes and fields were turned into a battlefield in 1914. European and wider international interests were fought over here. A million soldiers were wounded, missing or killed in action. Some tens of thousands of citizens became refugees. Entire cities and villages were destroyed.
The landscape of the region still tells the story of the war. It contains hundreds of monuments and cemeteries which have great historical significance for the people of many nations. There are a lot of museums which explain in an interactive way all the aspects of the conflict: the battles, daily life, etc
Additionaly, I have attached a small brochure of Flanders Field, in Belgium.
Also attached the Armed Forces Medely, introduced in 2010 by Gary Sinise (CSI NY/Lt. Dan Forrest Gump) at the Memorial Day Services in Washington D.C. which you can listen to as you read the poem.
Finely, just a little article on Gary Sinise and his work for and with Veterans.
Thank you
max46
:gba::flag6:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-shines-his-light-on-u-s-veterans-thats-the-way-that-i-can-give-back-and-serve/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1VZNtlyEII
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
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.
http://www.abmc.gov/publications/VisitorBrochures/FlandersField_Brochure.pdf
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