Please remember all who have given so much for the freedoms we take so much for granted A Poem by Laurence Binyon For The FallenWith proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free.Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres, There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears.They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted; They fell with their faces to the foe.They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; They sleep beyond England's foam.But where our desires are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, To the innermost heart of their own land they are known As the stars are known to the Night;As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain.
I prefer to celebrate today as Armistice Day. The original holiday wasn't about remembering veterans, but about commemorating peace. I think we have enough holidays celebrating war. What message do I want to send veterans. Sorry you had to.
lol More like it was originally a holiday celebrating that we won. We can wrap it up in any words we want to but I kind of doubt we would have made a holiday of it is we had lost. Germany, I know, does not celebrate the anniversary of the Armistice.
I think we should have a war to end all wars and call it the great war. Then we can form a league of nations where countys can come together and peacefully work out their differences. Shame people have to die. but humans are animals, members of the primate family and whereas some of us like to think we are made in gods image, we tend to act like apes.
What do you know, it is not like you lived on an air force base in germany or anything. By the way have you ever been to Stuttgart.
Amazing poem--I don't know if it's because I'm American, but I've never seen it before. It's just beautiful Thank you for sharing it! How very nice for you. More than a little self-centered of you to post this on Veteran's Day, though. Veteran's Day isn't supposed to "celebrate war." Rather, it's celebrating the men and women who died for our countries.
No, Memorial Day is for celebrating those that died. Veterans Day is for celebrating those who survived. http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp Veterans Day celebrates those who have fought and won. It is a celebration of the warrior ethos embodied in the "honorable battle survivor who fought for patriotism." Is it self-centered to remind people of what things are supposed to be rather than what they have been made into?
That is an interesting definition you just made up there. I guess we no longer have any Viet Nam veterans? Korean veterans? And the people were just served are not veterans either?
Not really a issue that you should be arguing over folks, simply look upon it as a Remembrance Of All of those who fell, those who survived and not just service personel but the merchant fleet, the ladies who worked in the factories, the civilan fierfighters and many more who gave all in the name of freedom
