Lest We Forget - Nov 11th, 2018
Remembrance Day
100 years after Armistice Day, the end of the 1st World War where 61 000 Canadian soldiers died .. and still the wars go on ... and soldiers and civilians die .... and veterans return physically or mentally injured ....
Vancouver's Mount Pleasant Cemetery - the last resting place for hundreds of Canadian soldiers ...
The first chapter of In Flanders Fields and Other Poems (a 1919 collection of poems by John McCrae) gives the text of the poem as follows:
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.
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Martyfoto 16/11/2018 19:07
Flanders fields... My roots.Thank you guys.
norma ateca 13/11/2018 5:07
Sie werden niemals vergessen !!!!!!! Ellos no seràn nunca olvidados carinios Norma . ganz liebe Grüßen NormaJoëlle Millet 12/11/2018 19:02
J'aime la sobriété de ces tombes . Merci pour ce témoignage émouvant . BisesAndreas Boeckh 12/11/2018 18:51
a beautiful and important photo at a time when the lessons of history begin to fade.Andreas
Joëlle Millet 12/11/2018 18:35
Je découvre ! merci Adele .« Traduction littérale
Dans les champs de Flandre, les coquelicots fleurissent
Entre les croix qui, une rangée après l'autre,
Marquent notre place ; et dans le ciel,
Les alouettes, chantant valeureusement encore, sillonnent,
À peine audibles parmi les canons qui tonnent.
Nous, les morts, il y a quelques jours encore,
Nous vivions, goûtions l'aurore, contemplions les couchers de soleil,
Nous aimions et étions aimés ; aujourd'hui, nous voici gisant
Dans les champs de Flandre.
Reprenez notre combat contre l'ennemi :
À vous, de nos mains tremblantes, nous tendons
le flambeau ; faites-le vôtre et portez-le bien haut.
Si vous nous laissez tomber, nous qui mourons,
Nous ne trouverons pas le repos, bien que les coquelicots fleurissent
Dans les champs de Flandre. »
poems by John McCrae
Sabine Junge 12/11/2018 18:27
You are right, dear Adele.War always is a terrible scourge of humanity.
It's manmade and avoidable!
Conciliatory is the wonderful willow, which seems to protect all the many graves below and beside.
Your pic got symbolic value!
Nature never will be so mad than mankind!
Warm greetings to you and Canada!
Sabine
Blula 12/11/2018 8:52
Ein Ort zum Innehalten und Nachdenken.... gerade am Ende eines Jahres.LG Ursula
Elio Salamano 12/11/2018 7:42
A touching thought in homage to fallen soldiers.Best wishes, Elio
Conny11 11/11/2018 21:56
Ein sehr gutes dokumentarisches Bild.... solche Orten mahnen...das ist gerade heute so wichtig... wir Menschen dürfen nie vergessen...
LG von mir Conny
J Oscar Sierra Echo 11/11/2018 15:48
Thanks for remembering!!dor.maX 11/11/2018 15:40
Es ist wichtig, diese Erinnerungen weiterzugeben und doch scheint es nicht zu genügen... Die meisten Menschen lernen, wenn überhaupt, nur aus eigenen Erfahrungen und gerade auch bei uns in Europa sind inzwischen viele, die Kriege nur vom Hörensagen kennen und den Frieden nicht zu schätzen wissen. Ich bin da ein bisschen pessimistisch, wenn ich mich momentan so in der Welt umsehe ...LG Doris
Torsten TBüttner 11/11/2018 14:48
so ein Friedhof ist auch immer eine Mahnung an die nachfolgenden GenerationenAxel Sand 11/11/2018 14:39
This is the right moment to remember, what happens, if the Trumps can move on without control. A great documentwarm regards
Axel
hans-jakob 11/11/2018 14:16
Ein schönes Bilddokument!!!LG hans-jakob
Mark Billiau. 11/11/2018 13:36
Very good contribution for today's Armistice Day !