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View Comments I will start this Memorial Day Weekend with “In Flanders Field," the poem of war, cemeteries and bright red poppies, written by John McCrae in 1915. 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. To you from failing hands...

10 The Georgia Department of Defense held its annual Memorial Day observance ceremony May 27, 2021, at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Georgia. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Thomas Carden, The Adjutant General of Georgia, presided over the event. “Today we gather like so many times before to honor our fallen,” said Carden. “They are American heroes, men and women from all walks of life, that gave all of their tomorrows for our today.” The observance ceremony took place at ...

The Red Poppy By Jane Whitmore - | May 27, 2021 Memorial Day is a time to honor the military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces. We gather at cemeteries to participate in services hosted by members of the VFW and American Legion. We decorate the graves of military men and women, and we decorate the graves of our departed loved ones. Reading the poem “In Flanders Field” is a part of many Memorial Day services. ...

(May 28, 2021) Salisbury Mayor Jake Day, who arrived back in the states late last month after being deployed with the Army National Guard to Africa during 2020, will deliver the keynote speech at the Memorial Day service in Ocean Pines on Monday. The event takes place at the Worcester County Veterans Memorial on May 31 at 11 a.m. Day is one of three U.S. mayors to deploy for active military duty while in office. The others are former North Ogden, Utah Mayor Brent Taylor and then-South Bend, Ind...

Memorial Day letter from the New Canaan Chief of Police Leon M. Krolikowski FacebookTwitterEmail Editor, Advertiser: The weekend before Memorial Day finds many war veterans distributing poppies in order to honor the ultimate sacrifice of our nation’s veterans. In New Canaan, members of our local Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) Post 653 will distribute poppies in front of ACME Market, Walter Stewart’s Market and Dunkin’ Donuts. The significance of the poppy in honoring our nation’s war de...

Evanston RoundTable Open Search Memorial Day ceremonies to begin at 10 a.m. on May 31 in Fountain Square Print From left, Technical Sergeant William B. Snell VFW Post 7186 members Milton Tooma, Kenneth Wideman, Lynne Tooma (auxiliary), and Bill Petty collecting donations and offering poppies outside Valli Produce on May 25. (RoundTable photo) Getting your Evanston news from Facebook? Try the Evanston RoundTable’s free daily and weekend email newsletters – sign up now! Subscribe ...

Reply The Poppy & Poem Story After WW I a poem emerged written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, who reportedly was inspired to write it after presiding over the funeral of his friend and fellow soldier 22-year-old Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. The poem gives voice to those soldiers buried in the battlefield, pleading with survivors to take up the torch of their fight, and to remember them even though red poppies now cover the battlefield. The poem gained wi...

Memorial Day: Remembering Those Gave Their Lives On the lawn of the county courthouse in Waynesville, North Carolina, is a rough stone memorial honoring the county’s Vietnam War dead. Engraved on this monument are the names of “Haywood County’s Sons Who Sacrificed Their Lives in the Republic of South Vietnam.” At the foot of this stone slab is a cast metal pair of unlaced combat boots. Many of the names inscribed on this simple memorial—Brown, Frazier, Moody, Rogers, and others—have...

The weekend before Memorial Day finds many war veterans distributing poppies in order to honor the ultimate sacrifice of our nation’s veterans. In New Canaan, members of our local Veterans of Foreign War Post 653 will distribute poppies in front of Walter Stewart’s Market, ACME Market and Dunkin Donuts. The significance of the poppy in honoring our nation’s war dead is traced to World War I. New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski From the battlefields of World War I, weary soldiers brou...

Memorial Day with the Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado Memorial Day with the Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado Annie Lindgren North Forty News The Veterans Plaza of Northern Colorado is a special place, dedicated in May 2011 and officially opened in November of the same year. It serves as a remembrance of the bravery and sacrifices willingly made by our veterans, whether in times of war or times of peace.  The Plaza brings the community together to recognize U.S. military veterans respons...