Memorial Day at GOPUSA, May 27, 2002

[Terri]

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* * * * * *<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'>Today is our day to say Thank You and
* * * * * * * * * * * *a day for reflection...</span>

Thank you to those in uniform who have given so much for this country that we all love, and reflection on what we have lost and what we have gained. This year our thanks go also to the Firemen and Policemen who died trying to save the victims of the World Trade Center, to the heroes of Flight 93, and to all the innocent victims who died. We will always remember.

Lets enjoy our families, remember those who are gone, and remember to pray for those who are fighting for our country and our way of life.

* * * *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag17.gif &quot;FREEDOM&quot; *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag17.gif

Father Denis Edward O'Brien USMC

It is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us the Freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us Freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the Freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, who serves beneath the Flag,
who salutes the Flag,
whose coffin is draped by the Flag,
who allows the protester to burn the Flag.
It is the soldier, not the politician,
who has given his blood, his body, his life,
who has given us these FREEDOMS.


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The flame that burns the brightest
Is the light of the eternal human spirit
A beacon of Love, Justice and Peace
That will never be extinguished.

It will triumph over the forces of darkness
And illuminate for the whole world
The true path to freedom
Through goodness, hope and love.
~~Author Unknown~~


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<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>Words of Wisdom:</span> &quot;I hate war as only a soldier who lived it can, only as one who has seen it's brutality, its futility, its stupidity.&quot; ~~ *Dwight D. Eisenhower *~~

<span style='font-size:10pt;line-height:100%'>Link of the Day:</span>
America's Hymn (http://gopusa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=6&topic=198)
Memorial Day (http://www.geckocountry.com /memorialday.htm)
The Flagpole ~ America (http://www.theflagpole.com/)
Shattered (http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/shattered/1.html)
A Rememberance Of Those Who Served (http://gopusa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=30&topic=4)

Please remember to pray for our President and for our servicemen and women who are in harm's way.
God Bless our great country. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag19.gif *May Freedom ever ring![/color]</span>

[Terri]

Janice Ann can't be here today but she sent me her Memorial Day contribution

<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'>Prayer of a F-14 Tomcat pilot:

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/star2.gif &quot;Though I fly thru the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil...for I am at ten thousand feet and still climbing&quot;.</span>

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[Terri]

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Sue Elise, I'm sorry this is belated. I hope your day was happy.

[Aknauta]

Terri, you're a wonder....beautiful

[Aknauta]

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In Memory of A Veteran
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General Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller

Puller, Lewis Burwell (26 June 1898-11 Oct. 1971), Marine Corps officer, was born in West Point, Virginia, the son of Matthew Puller, a grocer, and Martha Leigh. Puller received a public education and, interested in military history, attended the Virginia Military Institute in 1917.

Impatient to fight in World War I, he joined the Marine Corps the following year but was retained as an instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina.
In 1919 Puller graduated from the Officers' Training School and received a second lieutenant's commission, but postwar cutbacks forced him onto the inactive reserve list.
Determined to serve, he immediately rejoined the marines as a corporal and shipped off to Haiti to serve with the gendarmerie, a joint U.S.-Haitian constabulary that served according to American policy at the time to intervene on behalf of Caribbean regimes to restore order as necessary.

Puller, as an acting lieutenant, distinguished himself in several skirmishes with Caco insurgents and received a medal from the Hatian government.
He returned to the United States in 1924, advanced to second lieutenant, and two years later attended the Naval Aviators' School at Pensacola, Florida. He failed to win his wings and subsequently served two years at the Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor.
In December 1928 Puller joined the marine expeditionary brigade in Nicaragua.

Between 1928 and 1933 Puller served as a captain in the Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional. He clashed repeatedly and successfully with rebels under Augusto Sandino and acquired his first two Navy Crosses.
Puller interrupted these activities briefly in 1931 to attend the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, then returned to Nicaragua for more fighting.
In January 1933 he sailed for Beijing (Peking), China, to head a mounted marine detachment, the so-called &quot;Horse Marines,&quot; guarding the American legation.

Puller then transferred to the cruiser Augusta under Captain Chester W. Nimitz in September 1934 to commmand the marine detachment.
In June 1936 he returned to the United States and taught three years at the Basic School, Philadelphia Navy Yard.
He married Virginia Montague Evans in 1937; they had three children.
Puller then rejoined the Augusta in September 1939 before transferring to the Fourth Marines at Shanghai, China, in May 1940.

Puller rose to major in August 1941 and was assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he took charge of the First Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division. His tour in China had placed him in close proximity to Japanese forces, whom he observed closely and came to respect for their discipline and endurance.

Anticipating what might follow, he was one of the first marine officers to train his men in jungle fighting and camouflage techniques.

Combat in the Pacific theater in World War II reinforced Puller's reputation as an aggressive and hard-hitting infantry officer.

Commencing in September 1942, his Seventh Marines reinforced the First Marine Division on Guadalcanal and fought in the August 24-25 defense of Henderson Field. For three crucial hours Puller's half-battalion withstood an entire Japanese regiment at night, killing 1,400 Japanese and losing only 70 Americans. Throughout the engagement, Puller actively moved down the line, encouraging his men, and his tenacious defense won him a third Navy Cross.

The Seventh Marines subsequently fought on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, where on 16 January 1944 they overcame fanatical resistance, stormed fortified positions, and won Puller a fourth Navy Cross.

He next transferred to the First Marines in February 1944 and led them into battle at Peleliu in September 1944.
Two months later Puller was recalled to the United States to train recruits at Camp LeJeune. Promoted to colonel, he then assumed command of the Eighth Marine Reserve District at New Orleans in 1946 and two years later headed the marine detachment at Pearl Harbor.

With the onset of the Korean War, Puller was reassigned to combat duty. In August 1950 he again commanded the First Marines and
fought at the decisive Inchon landings in September. By this maneuver, General Douglas MacArthur virtually cut off North Korean
forces besieging Pusan and forced their immediate withdrawal.

The marines next took Seoul after savage house-to-house fighting and pursued the Communists northward. In December 1950 the First Marine Division, suddenly cut off and surrounded by large numbers of Chinese at Chosin Reservoir, commenced their legendary withdrawal.
Puller's First Marine clung to the village of Koto-ri against tremendous odds, enabling the Fifth and Seventh Marines to fight
their way to Hungham and safety. Puller's steady conduct resulted in his fifth and final Navy Cross.
He was promoted to brigadier general in January 1951 and served as assistant commander to the First Marine Division under General Oliver O. Smith.

In May 1951 Puller returned stateside to assume control of the Third Marine Brigade at Camp Pendleton. He rose to major general
in September 1953 and the following year became head of the Second Marine Division at Camp Lejeune. Puller was also serving as deputy camp commander when he suffered a mild stroke in January 1955.

He retired that November a lieutenant general. In 1956 Sergeant Matthew McKeon was tried and found responsible for the death
of six recruits while on a nighttime training march in a swamp.

Puller gained some notoriety by coming out of retirement to testify on McKeon's behalf, and reiterated his long-held position that
tough discipline and realistic training were essential to all marines. He died at his home in Hampton, Virginia.

Puller was one of the most decorated and colorful officers in the Marine Corps. Jut-jawed and salty-tongued, with a bulldog
demeanor, he earned the moniker &quot;Chesty&quot; because he always walked with his barrel chest conspicuously thrown out. He was a fierce, demanding, and vocal proponent of physical fitness, yet consistently
displayed a compassionate concern for the men under his control.
When his son, Lewis B. Puller, Jr., lost a leg to a land mine in Vietnam, the old general wept by his bedside. Aggressive,
inured to hardship, and a harsh taskmaster, Puller epitomized the traditions of his service and was an icon to a generation
of marines. His renown was such that the Marine Corps commandant, 43 generals, and 1,500 former and active duty marines attended his funeral.


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Bibliography

A biography of Puller is Burke Davis, Marine! The Life of General Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller (1962). Popular accounts of his exploits are in Robert J. Moskin, The U.S. Marine Corps Story (1977), and Robert D. Heinl, Victory at High Tide (1968). Greater military perspective is in Lynn Montross et al., U.S. Marine Operations
in Korea, 1950-1953 (5 vols., 1954-1972), and Henry J. Shaw et al., History of the U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War
II (5 vols., 1958-1971).
[ed: online at <a href="http://metalab.unc.edu/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-I.html

An" target="_blank">http://metalab.unc.edu/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-I.html

An</a> obituary is in the New York Times, 14 Oct. 1971.

John C. Fredriksen
Suggested citation:
John C. Fredriksen. &quot;Puller, Lewis Burwell&quot;;
http://www.anb.org/articles/07/07-00346.html
American National Biography Online May 2002

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[SueElise]

Thanks Terri - I did have a very nice day.

Aknauta - I'm glad you posted Puller's Bio. He was a very good man. Coming from a Marine Corps family (dad and both brothers), it's nice to see him honored.

Happy Memorial Day, and thanks to all who have given of themselves and of their families for our freedom.

ps. Don't know why I'm up - I woke up at 3:30 am, and can't get back to sleep! I went to sleep late, too, because of my noise neighbors!

(Edited by SueElise at 1:38 am on May 27, 2002)

[pRIMrose]

<span style='color:red'><span style='font-family:comic sans ms'>[b]Good Morning Terri, Aknauta, Sue Elise &amp; http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif[b]

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* * * * * * * *&quot;Do not stand at my grave and weep;
* * * * * * * * *I am not there, I do not sleep.
* * * * * * * * *I am a thousand winds that blow.
* * * * * * * * * *I am the softly falling snow.
* * * * * * * * *I am the gentle showers of rain.
* * * * * * * * I am the fields of ripening grain.
* * * * * * * * * * * I am the morning hush.
* * * * * * * * * * * I am the graceful rush
* * * * * * * of beautiful birds in circling flight.
* * * * * * * * *I am the star shine of the night.
* * * * * * * * * *I am the flowers that bloom.
* * * * * * * * * * * *I am in a quiet room.
* * * * * * * * * * *I am the birds that sing.
* * * * * * * * * * *I am in each lovely thing.
* * * * * * * * * Do not stand at my grave and cry;
* * * * * * * * * *I am not there. I did not die.&quot;
* * * * * * * *...Mary Frye, Baltimore MD, Circa 1933</span></span>
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<span style='color:blue'>[b]
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *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.
* * * * * * * * * * * 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.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *by John McCrae
* * * * * * * *
In loving memory of all our fallen heros who have given that last great measure so that we might remain free. *God Bless Them All!</span>[b]
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(Edited by pRIMrose at 6:19 am on May 27, 2002)

[pRIMrose]

Happy belated birthday Sue Elise ~ http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/HB.gif and a great big http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/grouphug.gif from all of us.

Aknauta ~ thank you for that wonderful story about Lewis Puller. *So many have done so much to protect this great land of ours. *We are truly the &quot;land of the free and the home of the brave. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag17.gif
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[Saber]

<span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sun1.gif GOOD MORNING SLEEPY HEADS!</span></span>
<span style='color:green'>RISE AND SHINE! *</span> *It's a beautiful day! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sun1.gif

<span style='color:purple' >IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY SO GALLANTLY~~~~~~~~~~~ ~</span>

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Thanks be to all who have kept our country free. *You are heroes.
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<span style='color:turquoi se'><span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'>WELCOME TO LILLIAS AND GOWRON!!</span></span> *So glad you have joined us at http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif *Please, drop in and say http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wavey.gif!

Aberfoyle! *What happened in the House of Parliament? *Why the big uproar? *What's behind all this?

SUE ELISE!!!! <span style='color:orange' >HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS!!</span>...Even if it is a little belated! :biggringift:

RIM, I haven't been in touch with news now for a day or so and I heard about this through Terri's and your post! *What the heck happened here with the bridge in Oklahoma? *It really sounds terrible. *I'll have to read some reports on this........

Lady Parrish, Please thank your son for his service to our country. *Being separated from family for so long must be so hard on these men. *I will be thinking of him and praying that this will not be too hard on him....or his family.

Terri, Thank you for your beautiful memorial to begin today's thread. *You are a very special person.

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More planting today around the Saber household. *I'm sure there are more muscles that need to &quot;feel the pain&quot;! *LOL *I'll be back in later. *Thank you all for your lovely posts this Memorial Day. *It truly is a day for thanks and reflection. *

Thank YOU, Dad, for your contribution to my freedom. *I love you and miss you deeply.

[Donnalee]

This is beautiful.Well, I'm getting ready for work and listenng to our President givng his Memorial Day speech in France. Very moving.

A Blessed Memorial Day to all. Thanks to all who have served and are presently serving.

And thanks to the families who have made the greatest sacrifices : giving up their loved ones so we may all be free.

[Terri]

What a beautiful place The Precinct is today in memory of those who have served their country! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/flag17.gif

You've done a great job in here! I love it and I know there will be more to come. Your memories and memorials are very special.
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Sue Elise, I was like that Saturday night, up and down all night. Maybe you can catch a nap today.

Saber, a barge hit the bridge on I-40. One whole span was knocked down and a lot of vehicles went into the water. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

Hi Donnalee! I hope the speech will be replayed. I slept in this morning and missed it. Have a good day at work. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Terri]

There is a National Moment of Remembrance today at 3 P.M. *
More info (http://dev.seta.com/remember/index.cfm)

I've posted the text of the President's speech today at Normandy. Click Here (http://gopusa.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=30&topic=9)

There has been another bombing in a mall in Tel Aviv. First word says there are injuries. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

[Lillias]

Happy Memorial Day everyone, this is my first post here so hopefully I'm doing this right, if not hopefully someone will let me know where and how I made any mistakes.
Thank you all for welcoming me to this forum, I've posted in Senior Net for years but this is done a little different here.
God Bless America and Keep her safe.
Lillias

[lpara]

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<span style='color:red'>HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY EVERYONE!!</span>
[color=hunter]Here's the poem we printed in our church bulletin yesterday:

No, Freedom Isn't Free
(Author Unknown)

I watched the flag pass by one day., it fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it, and then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform, so young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert, he'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil? *How many mother's tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down? *How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves? *No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of taps one night, when everything was still. *I listened to the bugler play and felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times that taps had meant &quot;Amen.&quot;
When a flag had draped a coffin of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children, of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands with interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard at the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington. *No freedom isn't free.

Hope everyone is having a good day with family and friends.
I spent 4 hours in a friend's pool and I'm paying for it already!! *One big red tomato!!http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif

[Terri]

Lillias, it's nice to see you here. Posting is a little different here but you did just fine. We hope to see you a lot more. Look around through out the discussions and I'm sure you'll see some interesting topics. *We're trying to find ways as conservative Republicans to reclaim our country. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif It's a family atmosphere with no flaming. Bet you'll be glad of the no flaming, right? http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif

lpara! *A big red tomato??? Ooohhh!! I hurt for you now girl. *I love that poem. It's one of my many favorites. :1luvu:

It's almost time for the hockey game. My viewing schedule is really cramped tonight. I usually just have news on in the background but tonight after the game there is a special on the Founders on the History channel. There is also a Willie Nelson concert. So many choices, so little time. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif *We actually figured out how to record with the VCR. We do it so seldom. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/doh.gif

[lpara]

[color=burgundy]Terri, you'll appreciate this. *Every time I go to my mother-in-laws she has me reset her clock on the vcr, program the vcr so she can tape her favorites, plug in the TV Guardian (I can't figure out why they UNplug it:tearhair:) and because I'm not really used to that vcr, etc. it takes me a while to read the instructions and figure it out again. *Once my sons asked her to tape some war movie that was coming on, and she labeled the tape all nice and we were so excited to get it, but when we put in--it was some baseball game. *Bummer! *We all laugh about it, tho. *She even had to call my brother-in-law to find out how to turn off her computer!! *She's no technobabe. Course, I'm not either!http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif *Haven't read any news yet today and only read the short posts--I'm off to broaden my knowledge.:cheesy:

[pRIMrose]

Good Afternoon All! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wavey.gif

Sorry I've been MIA most of the day. *I worked till 1pm and when I got home I turned on the old &quot;puter&quot; as was just about to post, when a dear friend drove up in the yard. *We had a really nice visit and the time just slipped away. *She is an RN and helped me through some very difficult times before my mother passed away. *Thank God for good friends. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/angel.gif

Now it is 7:30 and I know I won't get caught up on reading before &quot;beddy bye&quot; http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/red_eyes.gif

Oh, and speaking of friends, while I was visiting with friend #1, the husband of another friend stopped by and brought me a present ~ :turquoiserolleyes: ~ a beautiful Cockatiel. *Did I want another bird ~ NO! *My friend found out she is allergic to the bird and since I have other birds she just knew I'd take really good care of her baby. *

So please meet Kiki, the newest member to the RIM menagerie. *Not counting humans, of course. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
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Terri ~ what a choice we have to make ~ &quot;The Founding Brothers&quot; or &quot;Willie&quot; http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/shake.gif *I can't even tape one while I watch the other - I don't have TiVo. *Shucky darn! *Guess I'll have to catch Willie another time. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif

Have a great evening all ~ God Bless!
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[Terri]

We watch so little of anything except news and sports that neither one of could remember how to set the VCR. Fortunately they aren't too hard anymore. *lpara, my stepfather unplugs his TV except when he's actually watching it. Lightening hit it about 20 years ago so......
I shouldn't laugh, I'll be there soon enough. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mdr11.gif

RIM, gorgeous bird! *How many critters do you have? BTW, Founding Brothers repeats later tonight.

[Terri]

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/JEDIpinkietoo.gif *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/yelclap.gif *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/28.gif *<span style='font-size:12pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:red'>We Won!</span></span> http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/28.gif *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/yelclap.gif *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/JEDIpinkietoo.gif

In overtime! *The Redwings and their fans looked like death warmed over after. * I'd feel sorry for another team but not the Redwings!!! *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/boots.gif *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrinking.gif

[Aberfoyle]

I'm sorry that I'm so late coming here. *I had all sort of plans for things for your Memorial Day but alas, two doctors appointments and other things kept me hopping. *I'm home now from a very long executive meeting which was supposed to be a short one and now here's my offering...

Since I live in the city where Col. John McCrae was born and grew up, I thought it fitting to post a little bit about him.



* * * * * * * * * * * * * <span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='color:brown'><span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'>Col. John McCrae</span>

John McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada on St. Andrew's Day, November 30, 1872 and his birthplace is now a very interesting museum in this city. *He *is remembered as one of Guelph's most famous sons.

McCrae was more than a poet, and was in fact a doctor, soldier, author and artist. *His poem, &quot;In Flanders Fields&quot; is one of the most famous poems used to commemorate the endings of the modern wars in which Canada had a part. *These include the Boer War, World War 1, World War 2, the Korean War and many peace missions since.

It was in the city of Guelph that he spent his entire childhood, youth and much of his early manhood attending Guelph Collegiate Institute. *He was a member of the Highland Cadet Corps (http://www.museum.guelph.on .ca/mccraecadet.htm) which was affiliated with the high school and *at the age of 15, McCrae became a bugler in the local militia regiment of artillery commanded by his father, David (http://www.museum.guelph.on .ca/mccraedavid.htm).

Colonel McCrae's life was largely one of military and humanitarian service to his fellow man and much can be learned from soldier who cared for people.</span></span>


* * * * * * * * * * *http://members.rogers.com/scott4275/images/gop/mccrae_portrait.jpg


<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='color:#FB644C '>This is the famous poem written by Colonel John McCrae.


* * * * * * * * * *<span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'>In Flanders Fields</span>

* * * * * * * 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 your 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.</span></span>


* * * * * * *http://members.rogers.com/scott4275/images/gop/mccrae_garden2a.jpg

These are poppies growing in the gardens of his birth home which is now the Col. John McCrae Museum in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.



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[Aberfoyle]

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/elefant.gif Congratulations, Terri!

Our game is tomorrow night in Toronto.:elefant: *

Now I've posted and I've gone back to read more of the lovely posts in here, I see that you, RIM posted the same poem. *I'm sorry. *http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif

Here's a photo that was taken in Kansas today by one of the newest members at http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/gopusa.gif JANET!!! *

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[b][color=0099cc]<span style='font-size:11pt;line-height:100%'>Hi Lillias!!!</span>

Great to see you posting. *I hope to see you posting over and over in many of the various areas here. *You'll just love the people here!




(Edited by Aberfoyle at 9:47 pm on May 27, 2002)

[Terri]

Lovely, Aberfoyle!

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