Never Forget

IN MEMORIUM OF THOSE WHO FELL 

--TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER

In Flanders Fields

-LTC John McCrae, MD

Canadian Army

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 falling 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.

Days of remembrance are important. They cause us to reflect on where we are, why things are the way they are, and allow us to set priorities for the future.