Armistice Day/Veterans Day

In Flanders Fields

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.

by Lt. John McCrae

Some History: http://www.geocities.com/~worldwar1/default-poppies.html

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Maggie laughed today after lunch. I picked her up and held her and she looked into my face and smiled huge and I smiled back and then she giggled from somewhere deep inside and I got all gleeful and she laughed some more and some more and some more and I was just a happy puddle.