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    Posted: 11-Nov-2004 at 14:45

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.

- John McCrae

This poem written on May 3.1915 by a Canadain Doctor after buring a freind, has come to be synonymous with Remembrance day in Canada. It is one of the only things (that and poppys) that the younger generation knows about the day. The question comes up every year, Why continue to mark the day? Is it just another day off work and school or does it still hold meaning in todays times?   



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Still one of the greatest poems I have ever read. It continues to be enduring considering that war still continues to rage, and this poem has never wavered in relevance because of it. And I am proud that Canada continues to remembre Mr. McCrae and other brave soldiers who fought in the war to end all wars.
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It shouln't be forgotten, but sooner or later it will. In a couple of years no-one who lived in WW1 will be alive any more, so the memory will fade away. We can only hope that there won't be any new wars we'll have to remember.
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I think Canada does the best job at recognizing and appreciating the significance of the first world war. Also, I think that this war defined our country, and helped us fraternalize as a nation.
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