[princessantou]

Remembrance Day/Veterans Days.

Did you have your moment of silence for Nov 11?

as for me, i did. i respect the peeps who went to war for peace, for freedom (ironic i know).
i even tend to ask people if they know the meaning of this day. i tell them about the famous "In Flanders Fields" poem and the reason why people wear a poppy flower.

the famous "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.

did u