Lest We Forget - Nov 11th, 2020
Remembrance Day
102 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 ...
a Cemetery in France - the last resting place for hundreds of 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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helu559 14/03/2021 20:06
als ich im vierten Schuljahr war banden wir 2500 Gestecke zur Einweihung einer neuen Kriegsgräberstätte in unserem Ort, meist unbekannte Soldaten . Damals hab ich s nicht so richtig verstanden ... heute ist es ein Drama für michKarl-Heinz Wagemans 16/11/2020 13:48
Ein Bild zum Nachdenken . . . welches Leid . . . !LG K.-H.
Eifelpixel 16/11/2020 10:08
People should never again die because of war.But humanity is just stupid and obsessed with power
Greetings Joachim
Volkstrauertag
Eifelpixelsitagita 15/11/2020 19:10
Thank you for honouring the many young people who had to die because of some stupid, terrible act of the rulers. I also like to appreciate the Hamburg Sailors,- who just refused to go to war in 1918 and so caused the end of it. No war,- ever again, we say! We have to appreciate, that western Europe has remained peaceful for more than 70 years.Kind regards, Brigitte
Prisma-photo 15/11/2020 16:54
Thanks Adele for this photo remembering us one of the darkest period of the last century...I absolutely did not realize that 61 000 Canadian soldiers did pass away during the 1st WW! In France, we always refer to the "American" help and we should recognize those Canadians more clearly. A nice and well composed image indeed.
Amitiés,
Eric
Monique POLETTO 13/11/2020 18:19
Bel hommage !!!J'ai fait toute la cote de Normandie qui retrace le débarquement et visité plusieurs cimetières Canadiens .... c'st impressionnant et émouvant !!
Merci du partage
Bises
markkeville 13/11/2020 12:45
When my wife and i visited World War 1 cemeteries and memorials, a few years ago - I admired the monimental canadian memorial at Vimy - but the most moving of all of the memorials was the Newfoundland memorial at beaumont-hamel, on the Somme.Mark
Ressin 13/11/2020 7:26
Eine sehr wichtig Gedenkstätte, die uns immer und ewig erinnern soll, an die Sinnlosigkeit des Krieges, wo viele unschuldige Menschen ihr Leben verlieren.Ein sehr gutes Foto !!!
Ganz liebe Grüße, Peer
cornagoae 12/11/2020 17:36
mal au cœur de voir toutes ces croix, trop de morts ... bisousdor.maX 12/11/2020 17:13
Hier sind es nicht die 'poppies', sondern die Rosen, die blühen ... Der Anblick beeindruckt - du hast durch die Wahl deines Standpunkts die fast unendlich scheinende Zahl der Kreuze hervorragend ins Bild gebracht ... sehr gepflegt sieht es aus. Doch alle Gedenkstätten können nicht verhindern, dass Kriege geführt werden - es scheint hoffnungslos, der Mensch offensichtlich nicht lernfähig durch die Erfahrung anderer ...LG Doris
Harold Thompson 12/11/2020 15:46
Not to be forgotten in these present timesHarodl and Sue
Peter Schillmeier 12/11/2020 13:24
Ein gutes Motiv zu diesem Tag.LG Peter
Rainer Golembiewski 12/11/2020 11:51
"Bertha von Suttner......Die Waffen nieder"......Günther Metzinger 12/11/2020 11:09
Eine Mahnung für die nachfolgende Generationen! Leider immer wieder verdrängt und vergessen, weltweit.VG Günther M
Alfred Photo 12/11/2020 11:04
Every cross for a senseless death.And then so far from home.
VG
Alfred