Thank you to all Veterans

This morning at 10 the Virginia War Memorial will be holding its Commonwealth’s Veterans Day Ceremony:

We honor all veterans who served our country and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. This event coincides with the signing of the WW I Armistice on November 11, 1918, with the playing of TAPS at the conclusion of the ceremony. The 100th Anniversary of WW I is also commemorated. Speaker TBD. Co-hosted with American Legion 11th District.

Many veterans have paid the ultimate price and will not be forgotten.

In Flanders Fields

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.

Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.