Looks Good on Paper by Dan Collins for May 29, 2017

IN FLANDERS FIELDS POEM

The World’s Most Famous WAR MEMORIAL POEM

By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

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

(Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium)

For those who valiantly sacrificed their lives, in the name of liberty, we will never forget your service to your country.

May your martyrdom in the cause of freedom be a lesson for us all.

You gave your lives that others might live.

Thank your for your ultimate service !

Thanks for remembering!

A wonderful rememberance. Thank you!

Amen, Dan. Awesome

Definitely looks good on paper. Great reminder that the day is about more than kicking back, grilling and partying.

Thanks, Dan.

Thanks, Dan. I have a number of veterans in the family.