REMEMBER TO THANK A VETERAN

Veteran's Day 

“Veterans know better than anyone else the price of freedom, for they’ve suffered the scars of war. We can offer them no better tribute than to protect what they have won for us.”

~ President Ronald Reagan, 1983

Veteran's Day, initially known as Armistice Day, is observed on November 11th, marking the anniversary of the armistice that concluded World War I. In 1954, the name was changed to "Veteran's Day" to honor veterans from all wars.

"In Flanders Fields" is a renowned poem written during the First World War by officer and surgeon John McCrae, following the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium in April 1915. This poem is perhaps the most famous poem of any war, leading to the poppy's tradition as a symbol of remembrance. Poppy seeds can remain dormant for years. It was not until after the soils of Western Europe were ravaged and churned by war that the poppies flourished, inspiring McCrae's haunting and poignant words.

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 live, 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.

We express our deepest gratitude to our veterans.

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