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In Flanders' Fields

 

John McCrae, 1915

 

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.

 

Lest We Forget... ;)

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yes nuv your right blackadder did some it up perfect.

 

watched the last tommy on tuesday. only 5 ww1 vetranns left , fasanating to see these old fellers and listern to what they had to say, although they all wanted to forget about it.

 

1 of the men went over the top no less than 6 times. got to be honest bring a tear to the eye thinking about all those peoples lives wasted for what?

 

my grandad fought in ww2 for 5 years in tanks . (europe, burma) he was the same didnt talk much about his experiance , but when he did i could sit and listern all day.

 

the 3 things that stick out most were . 1 he went in weighing 12 stone and came out weighing 7 stone ( they very realy got the suplies that were droped) 2 . they had suiside bombers running in the camps .

 

3 why the politicians cant sit round and sort it out !!!!

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What is Armistice Day?

 

Armistice Day is on 11 November.

 

A two minute silence is observed at 11am on 11th day of the 11th month because this is when the Great War, or World War 1, came to end in 1918.

 

Now, this anniversary is used to remember all the people who've died in wars since World War 1.

 

This includes World War 2, the Falklands War, the Gulf War, and conflicts in Bosnia, Rwanda and Kosovo.

 

Lest we didn't know...

 

We can't and shouldn't forget!

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We are encouraged to support so many causes, yet today I saw a report about how so many of our war veterans are living out there final years on less £5000 pension a year (what’s that buy these days).

I felt ashamed ,of my ignorance.

The government has a hell of a lot to answer for, and depriving these guys the respect and dignity they deserve is a disgrace.

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they fought and lost there lives for this country and now look at the state of it, nobody invades the u.k these days they just walk in and this country funds the b*****ds that will eventually take us down this goverment as destroyed this country and imo all the wars were just delaying the eventual downfall of this country :realmad:

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