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  • Steven B.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • June 30, 1982
    • 3981

    Memorial Day

    Thanks to all who served and sacrificed this Memorial Day and each day.

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  • Joe R.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • July 31, 1976
    • 4549

    #2
    Re: Memorial Day

    Memorial Day first started in 1866 as a small group of Southern people marched from town to the cemetary and decorated the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers. At that time it was called Decoration Day and later became a national holiday. Also, it is in May because the flowers are at peak bloom.
    Thanks for all that have served their country!

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    • Bill O.
      Expired
      • April 1, 2006
      • 542

      #3
      Re: Memorial Day

      Why the VFW sells Poppies on Memorial Day

      IN FLANDERS FIELDS
      Written by Canadian Lt. Col. John McCrae 1915 WW1 Belgium

      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, fell down, 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

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