Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

Lest We Forget - Nov 11th, 2024

the cenetaph in downtown Vancouver, the place where every year we remember the fallen soldiers of all wars with silent moments, fly-over by old planes, speaches and wreaths of recognition ...
I was moved by this young cadet who paid his respects for to maybe one of his ancestors .....

Remembrance Day
More than 100 years after Armistice Day, the end of the 1st World War where 61 000 Canadian soldiers died .. and still the wars go on ... and soldiers and civilians die .... and veterans return physically or mentally injured ....

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.

Commenti 35

  • a. segura 2 19/11/2024 17:23

    un gran homenaje a los caidos buen encuadre,saludos
  • Michèle FLEURY 17/11/2024 10:37

    Un bel hommage, coloré et illustré par un poème, à la première guerre mondiale, dont mon grand-père nous a parlé quand nous étions petits, il l'avait faite...j'ai donc quelques souvenirs familiaux et ta vision de ce lieu de mémoire, orné de multiples fleurs rouges et de rubans bleus, nous rappelle la mort de tous ces jeunes soldats pour défendre leur patrie. Quand donc les humains parviendront-ils à régler leurs conflits sans s'entretuer? Bises et grand BRAVO Adele! Bon dimanche...paisible! Michèle
  • Dragomir Vukovic 16/11/2024 17:11

    strong
  • Andreas Boeckh 13/11/2024 18:39

    The only thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history.
    Andreas
  • Axel Sand 13/11/2024 18:10

    A very impressive capture.  May we never forget...
    Warm regards
    Axel
  • Manfred Schneider 13/11/2024 12:51

    !!!!!
    best regards
    manfred
  • Dornvögel 12/11/2024 19:24

    Ein sehr schönes Erinnerungsfoto.
    LG Christa
  • Lily-Rose 12/11/2024 18:52

    Très bel hommage.
    bises.
  • Harold Thompson 12/11/2024 16:56

    Days long remembered 
    Harold
  • Peter Schillmeier 12/11/2024 16:54

    Ein schönes Motiv als Erinnerung
    LG Peter
  • Angelika El. 12/11/2024 13:18

    Flanders Fields - diese Zeilen passen bestens zu diesem ganz besonderen Tag. Eine wunderbare Art des Gedenkens - so schön diese Stätte mit all den schönen Kränzen geschmückt! VG!
  • CHOISNET Christiane 12/11/2024 9:45

    The red poppy, a native plant along most of the Western Front of the First World War, has become an eloquent symbol of remembrance, thanks to John McCrae's moving poem, which you included in the caption to your photo, Adèle: “Au champ d'honneur les coquelicots sont parsemés...”.
    Honor to the Canadian and British soldiers who came to fight - in 1918 as in the summer of 1944 - alongside French soldiers, in Flanders and Normandy. Nice photo of this tribute to the soldiers with poppies. Chris.
  • aline64 12/11/2024 9:10

    un très bel hommage !!!!
    amicalement
  • Dream30 11/11/2024 22:56

    un superbe hommage Bises
  • mheyden 11/11/2024 21:06

    Sehr gut zum 11.11. gezeigt und thematisiert!