I am too young to have seen war in my land during my time.
No member of my family for 2 generations has seen war, but it still affects me deeply to think of all the people who continue to put themselves in harms way for us, and of those conscripts and volunteers who suffered or died in all past wars.
I wear the poppy, and I go to the service at the war memorial. I don't make a fuss about it, but I ask my colleagues to observe a moment of calm on 11/11. If you have the chance, please, observe a 2 minute silence at 11am.
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Originally Posted by Major John McCrae, May 1915
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
In Flanders field 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 with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
~~By Major John McCrae, May 1915.~~
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