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