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Memorial Day |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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A National Moment of Remembrance On Memorial Day That poem about where “poppies blow” And, “the crosses, row on row” Still rings true, these ninety years After written, still brings tears. We still have Dead, “amid the guns” And lose our young and our loved ones Those who lived, “short days ago” Who, “felt dawn, saw sunset glow”. In Flanders Fields, “the poppy red” Still grow near where the blood was bled They, “Take up our quarrel with the foe” And still die for Freedoms that we know. They pass, “The torch” to, “hold it high” And not, “break the faith with us who die” For they, “shall not sleep, though poppies grow” Beneath all those, “crosses, row on row” In Flanders Fields. 4-25-2005 I have “stolen” some partial lines from the famous poem “In Flanders Fields” written by Canadian John McCrae in 1915. |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
well done |
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Kevo Member
since 2004-06-02
Posts 466Navarro County, Texas, USA |
God bless you, Abe! I always admire your Patriotic stance. Your veterans and brothers-in-arms respect and appreciate your words immeasurably. It is sentiments such as yours that ring the ears of all who have served our beloved country and its citizens. In the words of Hank Williams, Jr. "yes, we've got our problems, Lord knows we make mistakes, but you don't see those refugees heading the other way." Semper Fidelis, Kevin USMC 1988-1996 |
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