Memorial Day for our Fallen Soldiers

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. To read more on the history of this holiday:
www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html This is Cross Creek Cemetery, Fayetteville, North Carolina

In Flanders Field

A poem 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