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@toybulldog wrote:
Those who survived in Flanders mud, amongst the shrapnel and chaos and rats and discarded limbs, fought for a reason. They were not as informed as we are so fortunate to be now, yet contested believing their reasons were good and noble. These young lads fought for country, and village, and family, and for whatever romantic idea makes a young male sign up.
Whoever compared British soldiers to terrorists on these boards should be shot.
It must have been a miraculous thing, after all that carnage, to see a single red flower appear with warm weather.
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I agree with every word I read a very moving piece about how the fields of belgum had no sign of life but for the red poppies that started to appear
@nemesis wrote:
My daughter, who`s 6, asked if instead of pocket money this week, could she buy a poppy? Told her absolutely but she wouldn`t need all her pocket money for one, so she said Oh Good, I shall buy more then..
The poppy to me is a symbol of love and respect, I am extremely grateful to all those people that give us so much, I don`t think there are any winners in war but I`m honoured that somewhere, someone cares enough about freedom that they`ll die for it.
I don`t think those sacrifices will ever be forgotten.
awww bless <3
freedom isint free
i watched the flag pass by 1 day
it fluttered in the breeze
a young soldier saluted it and then
he stood at ease
i looked at him in uniform
so young so tall so proud
with hair cut square and eyes alert
hed stand out in any crowd
i thoughthow many men like him
had fallen through the years
how many died on foreign soil
how many mothers tears
how many pilots shot down
how many foxholes were soldiers graves
no freedom isint free
i heard the taps one night
when everything was still
i listened to the bugler play
and felt a sudden chill
i wondered just how many times
the taps had meant amen
when the flag had drapped a coffin of a brother or a friend
i thought of all the children
of the mothers and the wifes
or fathers sons and husbands
with interupted lives
i thought about a graveyard at the
bottom of the sea
of unmarked graves in arlington
no freedom isnt freefor all the people who gave there lifes try to make peace in what ever war they were fighting in
They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.MY PROMISE
I promise you dear soldier
to remember what you’ve done
all the sacrifies you have made
in battles lost and won.
I promise you dear soldier
that you will not have fought in vain
even when the years have come and gone
and only your tombstone does remain
I promise you dear soldier
a poppy I will wear
to show the world I’m proud of you
and that I will always care
I promise you dear soldier
to teach my children well
so that they will always remember
and to their children the stories tell
To you I make this promise
an oath straight from my heart
to never, ever forget you
and that in my life you have a part.
Lest that we forget
the terror that is war
and all that has been given
by those who fought before
written by Maria Sutherland
November 2000Im so pleased the decision was over turned and the England and Welsh teams will now be allowed to wear their poppies for international football games. After all poppies are meant to remember all soldiers killed in wars and are non political. Lovely verses here BTW… brought tears to my eyes.
But why a poppy?
Throughout the world the poppy is associated with the remembrance of those who died in order that we may be free, but how many of us are aware of the reason of how and why the poppy became the symbol of remembrance and an integral part of the work of the Royal British Legion? On this page we explain why the poppy is used as the symbol of remembrance.
Why the poppy became the symbol of remembrance
Flanders is the name of the whole western part of Belgium. It saw some of the most concentrated and bloodiest fighting of the First World War. There was complete devastation. Buildings, roads, trees and natural life simply disappeared. Where once there were homes and farms there was now a sea of mud – a grave for the dead where men still lived and fought.
Only one other living thing survived. The poppy flowering each year with the coming of the warm weather, brought life, hope, colour and reassurance to those still fighting.
Poppies only flower in rooted up soil. Their seeds can lay in the ground for years without germinating, and only grow after the ground has been disturbed.
John McCraeJohn McCrae, a doctor serving with the Canadian Armed Forces, was so deeply moved by what he saw in northern France that, in 1915 in his pocket book, he scribbled down the poem “In Flanders Fields” .
McCrae’s poem was eventually published in ‘Punch’ magazine under the title ‘In Flanders Fields’. The poppy became a popular symbol for soldiers who died in battle.
NEVER FORGET <3
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reading all them poems made me cry
im just wondering how many ppl will be going to church this sunday for the memorial service@flame wrote:
reading all them poems made me cry
im just wondering how many ppl will be going to church this sunday for the memorial service
Im goin 2 a memorial service with my family then out for a meal xxxxxxx
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