Memorial Day ceremonies
Members of Dolon-Jones-Martino American Legion Post 304 in Jim Thorpe conducted a Memorial Day service at the Evergreen Cemetery in Jim Thorpe on a damp and rainy Monday to honor America's fallen heroes of all wars. VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
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From left, Bishop James Mills, chaplain at Gilbert American Legion Post 927, leads the flag ceremony Monday with Benjamin Bush, 11, and Jonathon Smith, 14, both of Troop 102 of Kunkletown on Monday. MARTA GOUGER/TIMES NEWS
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In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
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.
