MEMORIAL WEEKEND

Arlington National Cemetery 11 September 2001
Looking towards the Pentagon

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John 15:13 - "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

Words seem so hollow on this time of reflection of what others have done for us. Thank you to those who have served and sacrificed, and their families.

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In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

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.