# In Remembrance **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765 "2001-11-11T15:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/1 "2001-11-11T15:16:01Z")
Today, November 11th is Remembrance Day here in Canada. To those who fought so bravely and continue to fight bravely for the freedoms of many, I honour you. In Flanders Fields - 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. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/2 "2001-11-11T15:23:20Z")
In the US, we call it Veteran’s Day, but it’s the same thing. Here’s to my father. [toast] Here’s to my sister. [toast] Here’s to Uncle Leon. [toast] Here’s to Uncle Stan. [toast] Here’s to all the veterans, whether in my line or not. [toast] Thank You. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/3 "2001-11-11T15:59:28Z")
I love that poem. Thanks Sue. As someone who lives Veteran’s Day almost every day of the year, I ask that your honor continues beyond November 11. I also would like to remind you that volunteers for VA Medical Centers, Vets Centers, Homeless Veteran Stand Downs, etc., are needed 365 days a year. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/4 "2001-11-12T00:35:55Z")
In recognition of the day, and knowing that Kipling is out of style, his lines on the death of his only son in the First World War are worth repeating: My son was killed while laughing at some jest, I would I knew What is was, and it might serve me in a time when jests are few. Present…Arms. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/5 "2001-11-12T00:44:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanadianSue \* > \*\*Today, November 11th is Remembrance Day here in Canada. To those who fought so bravely and continue to fight bravely for the freedoms of many, I honour you. > > In Flanders Fields - John McCrae > \*\* Thanks for that post Sue. To remember is to honor…there are many who have gone before us who are worth remembering. May their sacrifices never be forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/6 "2001-11-12T13:10:59Z")
Many have given their lives for life as we know it, and many more will in the future, both in uniform and in civilian life. Thank you for your sacrifice, thanks to your families for what you have given for me and my family. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/7 "2001-11-12T13:27:24Z")
Thanks for posting McCrae’s poem, **Sue**. And as Diane says, it’s not just about those who died but those left maimed or to mourn their loss. I watched a programme on war widows last week, it’s so very, very sad… ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/8 "2001-11-12T16:12:36Z")
A toast to everybody who made the ultimate sacrifice, and to everybody serving in the forces today. Thank you for your efforts in preserving our freedoms and I hope you know that we appreciate all you are doing for us. Keith ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/9 "2001-11-12T17:25:45Z")
Here’s a cheer to those who died in war, and another to those who survived war. > [@](#): > > Dulce Et Decorum Est-Winifred Owen > > Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, > Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, > Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs > And towards our distant rest began to trudge. > Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots > But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; > Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots > Of disappointed shells that dropped behind. > > GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!-- An ecstasy of fumbling, > Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time; > But someone still was yelling out and stumbling > And floundering like a man in fire or lime.– > Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light > As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. > > In all my dreams, before my helpless sight, > He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. > > If in some smothering dreams you too could pace > Behind the wagon that we flung him in, > And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, > His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin; > If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood > Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, > Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud > Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,– > My friend, you would not tell with such high zest > To children ardent for some desperate glory, > The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est > Pro patria mori. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/10 "2001-11-12T17:31:24Z")
[Yesterday’s For Better or For Worse](http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/forbetter/archive/forbetter-20011111.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/11 "2001-11-13T03:53:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*[Yesterday’s For Better or For Worse](http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/forbetter/archive/forbetter-20011111.html) \*\* Whoa. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/12 "2001-11-13T06:18:49Z")
Thanks for the link, Green Bean. Man - I’m all choked up again. While I’m at it, here’s to you, dad, and here’s to you, Billy! [toast] ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance/92765/13 "2001-11-13T14:58:04Z")
Thank you, Sue. Remembering the efforts and sacrifices of veterans is [one of the most important things](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=23572) I can think of. > [@](#): > > \*Night after night > > Going round and round my brain > > His dream is driving me insane > > In the corner of some foreign field > > The gunner sleeps tonight > > What’s done is done > > We cannot write off his final scene > > Take heed of his dream > > Take heed\* > > **[sub][Pink Floyd - _The Gunner’s Dream_](http://www.darkpumpkinpictures.com/DPNEWS.HTML) > Copyright © 1983 by Pink Floyd Music Publisher Ltd., London.[/sub]**