05-03-2015, 07:56 PM
Today is the 100th anniversary of the writing of the poem 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.
John McCrae, the poet, was a doctor in an artillery regiment in Ypres and wrote that after one of his friends was blown up by a shell. He was born in Guelph and today we visited his birthplace which is being redone.
The poppy seeds can lie dormant for years and sprout when the soil is disturbed. There was much disturbing of the soil in Ypres and they grew in profusion.
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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.
John McCrae, the poet, was a doctor in an artillery regiment in Ypres and wrote that after one of his friends was blown up by a shell. He was born in Guelph and today we visited his birthplace which is being redone.
The poppy seeds can lie dormant for years and sprout when the soil is disturbed. There was much disturbing of the soil in Ypres and they grew in profusion.
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David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.