In Flanders Fields. Do you know the story behind the Poppies?

SSG Gerhard S. — Mon, 25 May 2015 20:40:01 -0400

In Flanders Fields by LTC Johm 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

Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915
during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium

http://www.flandersfieldsmusic.com/thepoem.html

IN FLANDERS FIELDS Poem, by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

The words to John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields poem, which was written on May 3, 1915 while still at the battlefront in Ypres, Belgium.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made May 25 at 2015 9:25 PM

Capt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 25 May 2015 21:25:49 -0400

I have heard it but can not tell it.

Response by SPC Richard Ramirez made Jul 15 at 2015 5:49 PM

SPC Richard Ramirez — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:49:24 -0400

wheatfull soul (friends of mine) The Guess Who around 68-70 not to sure of date