Happy Armistice Day

[Moonobserver]

This goes along with a lot of my own feeling.

 

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/11/11/honor-armistice-day-november-11th-day-peace

[Astreja]

We call it Remembrance Day in Canada.  I would normally be performing at a memorial ceremony today, but the pandemic has resulted in no band practices and scaled-down ceremonies at the local Legions.

 

I did observe two minutes of silence, and recited this poem in my head:

 

 In Flanders Fields (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.

 

[midniterider]

Salutes my Canadian friends.