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December 8, 1915. " In Flanders Fields " is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres.
The veterans’ subjects for poems include many things they care deeply about: the flag, freedom, pro- and anti-government and the military, spouses and sweethearts, nature, religion and more ...
A missing man table, also known as a fallen comrade table, [1] is a ceremony and memorial that is set up in military dining facilities of the United States Armed Forces and during official dining functions, in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members. [2] The table serves as the focal point of ceremonial remembrance ...
8. "The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for ...
Abraham Lincoln. “Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best ...
Just a Common Soldier. "Just a Common Soldier ", also known as " A Soldier Died Today ", is a poem written in 1987. Written and published in 1987 by Canadian veteran and columnist A. Lawrence Vaincourt, it now appears in a number of anthologies and newspapers, particularly around Remembrance Day. [1] The Australian Legion included it in their ...
I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made ...
Bill Glose (born Riverside, California) is an American journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He is best known for winning the 2023 Library of Virginia Award for Fiction for his book All the Ruined Men, which tells the stories of veterans struggling to adjust to civilian life after years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.