Click on pic for a MUST SEE video clip - Saving Private Ryan - Omaha Beach A reminder of why we are remembering!       In Flanders Fields by 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.   On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, the First World War ended. Civilians wanted to remember the people who had given their lives for peace and freedom. An American War Secretary, Moina Michael, inspired by John McCrae's poem, began selling poppies to friends to raise money for the ex-Service community. And so the tradition began.             History of the Poppy Appeal The first official Legion Poppy Day was held in Britain on 11 November 1921, inspired by the poem In Flanders' Fields written by John McCrae. Since then the Poppy Appeal has been a key annual event in the nation's calendar.   How the Poppy Appeal began           Some of the bloodiest fighting of World War One took place in the Flanders and Picardy regions of Belgium and Northern France. The poppy was the only thing which grew in the aftermath of the complete devastation. McCrae, a doctor serving there with the Canadian Armed Forces, deeply inspired and moved by what he saw, wrote these verses:   HTML and assembled by ÃŸrëëžë�? Please Do Not Remove Credits *¨ ¨*Land of Backgrounds& Tags*¨ ¨*     Remembrance Day  (UK) Remembrance Day  (Canada) Remembrance Day (Australia)   Veteran's  Day  (U.S.A.) And In Every Country all around the World That was involved in those wars Remembers those who gave us our Freedom And Peace     Remembrance Day (November 11) marks the anniversary of the armistice which ended the First World War (1914 - 18).  At 11 am. on November 11, 1918 the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than 4 years of continuous warfare.   This year marks the 87th observance of Remembrance Day.   Let Us Remember & Pray For All Those who died in the Wars for the Freedom we have today Those who fought and came home disabled The families of all these soldiers For anyone involved in these Wars in any way and all those in Active Service Today still fighting for our countries   May We Never Forget Them   Remember Them... Soldiers In Arlington and Flanders Field, They rest in row by row. They fought and died for liberty to preserve the peace we know. They fought upon the beaches  of many foreign lands. They fought for right and glory  for which our country stands. They marched to war with courage.  They fought the battles thru. They only thought of victory, our peace they would renew. On distant shores and jungle wars,  they would for peace persist. They gave their lives for freedom, no greater cause exist. For honor, truth, and glory, they fought and died together, side by side in trenches deep. They're remembered now and ever. In Flanders Field and Arlington,  and in jungles and oceans deep,  our boys will rest forever. We pray they rest in peace. Jack E. Barnett     "Who more than self their Country loved... ...And Freedom more than life..."       Let us honour and give thanks to all the American and Commonwealth heroes who gave their lives in order that we may live

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