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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.
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.
- Lieutenant Colonel Dr. John McCrae
A poppy, symbol of remembrance for those who lost their lives in combat.
The National War Memorial, Ottawa.
1st Battalion of the Royal Rifles of Canada and their mascot, a purebred Newfoundland dog, Gander. Gander saved a group of soldiers from the 1st Battalion from a Japanese grenade that landed near the group. Gander rushed to the grenade and, picking it up in his mouth, ran away with it where it wouldn't harm the group. The grenade killed Gander. He was awarded the Dicken Medal for his final act of bravery.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Ottawa
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.
- Lieutenant Colonel Dr. John McCrae
A poppy, symbol of remembrance for those who lost their lives in combat.
The National War Memorial, Ottawa.
1st Battalion of the Royal Rifles of Canada and their mascot, a purebred Newfoundland dog, Gander. Gander saved a group of soldiers from the 1st Battalion from a Japanese grenade that landed near the group. Gander rushed to the grenade and, picking it up in his mouth, ran away with it where it wouldn't harm the group. The grenade killed Gander. He was awarded the Dicken Medal for his final act of bravery.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Ottawa