Remembrance Day
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weight_for_me
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The Soldier on Crutches
He came down the stairs on the laughter-filled grill
Where patriots were eating and drinking their fill,
The tap of his crutch on the marble of white
Caught my ear as I sat all alone there that night.
I turned--and a soldier my eyes fell upon,
He had fought for his country, and one leg was gone!
As he entered a silence fell over the place;
Every eye in the room was turned up to his face.
His head was up high and his eyes seemed aflame
With a wonderful light, and he laughed as he came.
He was young--not yet thirty--yet never he made
One sign of regret for the price he had paid.
One moment before this young soldier came in
I had caught bits of speech in the clatter and din
From the fine men about me in life's dress parade
Who were boasting the cash sacrifices they'd made;
And I'd thought of my own paltry service with pride,
When I turned and that hero of battle I spied.
I shall never forget the hot flushes of shame
That rushed to my cheeks as that young fellow came.
He was cheerful and smiling and clear-eyed and fine
And out of his face golden light seemed to shine.
And I thought as he passed me on crutches: "How small
Are the gifts that I make if I don't give my all."
Some day in the future in many a place
More soldiers just like him we'll all have to face.
We must sit with them, talk with them, laugh with them, too,
With the signs of their service forever in view
And this was my thought as I looked at him then--
Oh, God! make me worthy to stand with such men.
by Edgar Guest
The Soldier on Crutches
He came down the stairs on the laughter-filled grill
Where patriots were eating and drinking their fill,
The tap of his crutch on the marble of white
Caught my ear as I sat all alone there that night.
I turned--and a soldier my eyes fell upon,
He had fought for his country, and one leg was gone!
As he entered a silence fell over the place;
Every eye in the room was turned up to his face.
His head was up high and his eyes seemed aflame
With a wonderful light, and he laughed as he came.
He was young--not yet thirty--yet never he made
One sign of regret for the price he had paid.
One moment before this young soldier came in
I had caught bits of speech in the clatter and din
From the fine men about me in life's dress parade
Who were boasting the cash sacrifices they'd made;
And I'd thought of my own paltry service with pride,
When I turned and that hero of battle I spied.
I shall never forget the hot flushes of shame
That rushed to my cheeks as that young fellow came.
He was cheerful and smiling and clear-eyed and fine
And out of his face golden light seemed to shine.
And I thought as he passed me on crutches: "How small
Are the gifts that I make if I don't give my all."
Some day in the future in many a place
More soldiers just like him we'll all have to face.
We must sit with them, talk with them, laugh with them, too,
With the signs of their service forever in view
And this was my thought as I looked at him then--
Oh, God! make me worthy to stand with such men.
by Edgar Guest
clive francis
Guest
thats strange, I could have sworn there was more than just canada and america in the wars fighting for freedom.
UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, all the UK dependancies, Ireland, and many more!
Welshman
senior member
Clive
I don't think you're right about Ireland. Northern Ireland yes. Republic of Ireland no.
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I don't think you're right about Ireland. Northern Ireland yes. Republic of Ireland no.
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It wasn't my intent to forget anyone.....My post in particular was in memory of the Canadians as it was Remembrance Day here in Canada and Veterans Day in the States. If some other country was also observing such a day I am not aware of it. I am also well aware of who fought in the wars for democracy, and to protect their own soil, I am also aware of those who didn't and let the Allied forces protect their asses.....
richhagelin
Contributor
Thanks to all of you from all vets
Rich
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clive francis
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I think you will find that 11th hour 11th 11th month is pretty well much rememberance day for all allies, someone might want to correct me if i am wrong, but it was piggy backed for WWII but it was original for WWI, and the poppy's are supposed to grow in the fields where/when they were fighting (Som (SP?) i think it was).
what made you think it was just a north american thing?
being Canadian, I would have thought with the British connection, you would have realised that we keep the day in the UK and the rest of Europe.
letting the enemy role in, would that by any chance be a reference to the French?
what made you think it was just a north american thing?
being Canadian, I would have thought with the British connection, you would have realised that we keep the day in the UK and the rest of Europe.
letting the enemy role in, would that by any chance be a reference to the French?
Welshman
senior member
Clive
Poppies grew in Picardy where the River Somme, the site of some of the bloodiest and most futile battles ever fought, flows - hence the choice of the poppy for Remembrance Day. If you ever take the Chunnel or car ferry to Calais and drive down to Paris you'll pass by Vimy Ridge and see the Memorial to the thousands who died there, and then about 30 minutes later you'll cross the Somme - when you see it it makes you think what the fuss was all about - then you realise how many died there and the sacrifice they made.
Regards
Poppies grew in Picardy where the River Somme, the site of some of the bloodiest and most futile battles ever fought, flows - hence the choice of the poppy for Remembrance Day. If you ever take the Chunnel or car ferry to Calais and drive down to Paris you'll pass by Vimy Ridge and see the Memorial to the thousands who died there, and then about 30 minutes later you'll cross the Somme - when you see it it makes you think what the fuss was all about - then you realise how many died there and the sacrifice they made.
Regards
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