Given that 100 years ago men were fighting and dying in the opening months of what they would come to call the Great War and we call WWI, I decided to post one of the most famous and memorable poems to come out of that war. \u00a0This poem is one of the reasons that the VFW sells Poppies today in their fundraisers. \u00a0It really is true that the fields of Flanders are covered with Poppies in spring and summer. \u00a0Every time I visit Flanders the poppies serve as a reminder of the slaughter that took place there.<\/p>\n
In Flanders fields the poppies blow<\/em> We are the Dead. Short days ago<\/em> Take up our quarrel with the foe:<\/em> Some backstory on the Poem and Remembrance Poppies can be found on the\u00a0In Flanders Fields page of GreatWar.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Given that 100 years ago men were fighting and dying in the opening months of what they would come to call the Great War and we call WWI, I decided to post one of the most famous and memorable poems… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,1225,1226],"tags":[660,932,931,100,21],"class_list":["post-5003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-campaigns-operations","category-modern-global-conflict","category-non-historical-asides","tag-flanders","tag-flanders-fields","tag-john-mcrae","tag-rambles","tag-wwi","post_format-post-format-quote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21160,"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5003\/revisions\/21160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.military-history.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Between the crosses, row on row,<\/em>
\n That mark our place; and in the sky<\/em>
\n The larks, still bravely singing, fly<\/em>
\n Scarce heard amid the guns below.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<\/em>
\n Loved and were loved, and now we lie<\/em>
\n In Flanders fields.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n To you from failing hands we throw<\/em>
\n The torch; be yours to hold it high.<\/em>
\n If ye break faith with us who die<\/em>
\n We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<\/em>
\n In Flanders fields.<\/em><\/p>\n