Here is a photo of the National War monument constructed after the Great War.
I know it is Veterans Day in the US, but we have Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth.
I hope everybody has the chance to take a couple of minutes to remember the men and women who have sacrificed their lives for our beliefs and values.
As time goes on, it becomes less and less relevant; less real. We forget what happened and then turn quickly to war to solve disputes.
Please don't let that happen.
As for me, I am going to get drunk with some veterans and listen to their war stories. The act of "Passing the Torch" is important to those guys, and is not just a line in the famous poem.
In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
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.