Monday, May 25, 2009

Thank You

In Flanders Fields
John McCrae

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.

And today, decades later and in a different war, what more can we do to honor our troops? I think Bert has the answer--say thank you:

1 comments:

Jim Brochowski said...

Thank you Mo.

That clicking you just heard was my heels coming together, my hand raised in salute to you, and Bert, and our soldiers, and everyone who appreciates what it means to be an American.

God Bless us all.