I think of my Dad often since he passed away.  But Remembrance Day is the day I feel his presence the most.  Dad served in the Korean War.  My brothers were also in the Armed Forces.  Many of my relatives  served in different theatres of war and peacekeeping ~ this is in Remembrance of them as well ~

 

Dad  when he enlisted and when he retired ~Mom’s Dad ~ Grampa Cornell

Brother John

Brother Audie
Uncle Jim, Dad,  Great Grampa BlackCousin Chris
Great Grampa Black Dad

Dad & Mom

Thank you to all of our Armed Forces personnel and Veterans then and now  ! Without your service we would not enjoy the freedom we do today .  Lest we Forget ~

IN FLANDERS FIELDS POEM

The World’s Most Famous WAR MEMORIAL POEM
By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae

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

Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915
during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium

excerpt taken from

http://www.flandersfieldsmusic.com/thepoem.html