MEMORIAL DAY

 

Memorial Day is a time to remember the men and women who lost their lives serving our country.  The tradition of wearing red poppies on Memorial Day goes back to World War I.  The red field poppy was one of the first plants to grow in war-torn battlefields. Its seeds scattered in the wind and sat dormant in the ground, only germinating when the ground was disturbed—as it was by the very brutal fighting during World War I.

 The practice of wearing poppies was inspired by the beautiful and moving poem, “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by a Canadian soldier, John McCrae, when he saw red poppies springing up in burial fields around his artillery position in Belgium:

                                               

In Flanders Fields
 
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...

 

This Memorial Day, support our veterans by sending a donation to your local American Legion or other not-for-profits that offers services to veterans and their families.

 We thank and honor our military - every man and every woman who has served past and present. And we remember always, those who have died in service of our great country.

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Happy Birthday, Chris...you’re our hero! We miss you every day...