Thread: Remembering Our Allies !

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Freedom in America is also about many of our Allies who also gave all. This is from one of our neighbors to the North that says an awful lot .
In Flanders Fields

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.


Lt. Col. John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Expeditionary Force

Thank you.

That was one we learned (and learned the meaning of) in grade school. It's been several years since I read it and it was good to see it again.


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