In Flanders Fields
Veteran's Day is November 11th in the United States and Remembrance
Day in Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Scotland and Bermuda. Many countries use the poignant
poem In Flanders Fields written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae in May of 1915
to honor their veterans and express their losses. Colonel McCrae
was a member of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and was
working on the front lines, aiding fallen soldiers when he wrote this
poem. I hope that each of us, regardless of our political opinions
and our differences, can take a moment today and send our thoughts
and prayers to the families of those who sacrificed for their country.
In Flanders Fields:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
We are the dead. Short days ago
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
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