To celebrate my brother becoming a United States Marine, we are taking a family vacation. Thus, I will be out of town for Memorial Day. But I wanted to make sure to mention all of the fallen soldiers that we are to remember on Memorial Day. They have secured our freedoms, and given us peace. We can sleep in our own beds at night without concern for our safety. Many of our soldiers have given the ultimate sacrifice and it is so important that we honor them.
In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae
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.
