Lest We Forget - Nov. 11th 2017
and the wars go on ... and soldiers and civilians die .... and veterans return physically or mentally injured ....
Vancouver's Mount Pleasant Cemetery - the last resting place for hundreds of Canadian soldiers ...
The first chapter of In Flanders Fields and Other Poems (a 1919 collection of poems by John McCrae) gives the text of the poem as follows:
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.
aline64 15/11/2017 19:44
Un bel hommage pour tous ces hommes qui ont combattus , tristesseAmicalement
Conny11 12/11/2017 21:38
Ein Bild das sehr berührt..LG und eine Umarmung von mir Conny
Gelo Charro 12/11/2017 17:45
Triste y muy bello, documento!!!!!!!!Saludos Adele
Gelo
SINA 12/11/2017 9:35
*Ein zartes erinnerndes Bild zu diesem so traurigen Anlass Adele
Viele liebe Grüße von mir Sina
Mauro Tomassetti 11/11/2017 23:44
****!Charly Charity 11/11/2017 22:55
Eine wunderbare Gedenkaufnahmein Wort und Bild!
liebe Grüße Dagmar
Angelika El. 11/11/2017 22:36
Sehr berührend - in Wort und Bild!!! LG! a.Inge Striedinger 11/11/2017 21:43
Sehr berührend mit diesem Gedicht, ich habe es auch auf deutsch gefunden.http://www.visitflanders.com/de/stories/flanders-fields/stories/die-mohnblume-die-zum-gedicht-wurde/index.jsp?country=de_CH
warm regards, Inge
Andreas Boeckh 11/11/2017 20:19
a good reminder, but I am afraid that all over the world this lesson is being forgotten again.Andreas
archiek 11/11/2017 18:36
Wonderful memorial image. Thank you for giving honor to those who served so long ago.Regards, Archie
Vitória Castelo Santos 11/11/2017 17:57
*Manu T. 11/11/2017 16:42
Jeder Krieg bringt nur Leid, Zerstörung und Tod, auch für die Sieger und trotzdem hören die Kriege nicht auf, weil Macht,Gier und Reichtum wichtiger sind. Wir leben in einer traurigen Welt und dein Foto unterstreicht es mit den Gräbern der sinnlos Gestorbenen.Gr.manu
Elvina Benoist-Audiau 11/11/2017 15:10
So many tears weeped - so many widows and orphans - beautiful picture in memory and a splendid poetry - Hugs, ElviMirjam Burer 11/11/2017 14:04
respect....Stropp 11/11/2017 12:27
Wer shouldn't forget all those victims. Incredible that there are still wars. For a peacefull world. Everywhere.Ana