Updated on May 25, 2015
Memorial Day
Memorial Day
*Originally, I posted a Memorial Day remembrance photo here that I thought was free to use, but I was mistaken and have removed it. The poem below is one that was written during WWI. The poem eventually inspired the use of the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance.
In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae, May 1915
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.
