Published June 03. 2017 09:02AM
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)Canadian ArmyIn Flanders Fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields.Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.
Members of Dolon-Jones-Martino American Legion Post 304 in Jim Thorpe conducted a Memorial Day service at the Evergreen Cemetery in Jim Thorpe on a damp and rainy Monday to honor America's fallen heroes of all wars. VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
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From left, Bishop James Mills, chaplain at Gilbert American Legion Post 927, leads the flag ceremony Monday with Benjamin Bush, 11, and Jonathon Smith, 14, both of Troop 102 of Kunkletown on Monday. MARTA GOUGER/TIMES NEWS
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