{"id":446,"date":"2008-11-10T23:32:11","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T05:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=446"},"modified":"2008-11-10T23:33:46","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T05:33:46","slug":"the-eleventh-hour-of-the-eleventh-day-of-the-eleventh-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/?p=446","title":{"rendered":"The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formerly known as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armistice_Day\">Armistice Day<\/a>, currently known in the US as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classbrain.com\/artholiday\/publish\/article_156.shtml\">Veteran&#8217;s Day<\/a>, and known elsewhere as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Remembrance_Day\">Remembrance Day<\/a>, it&#8217;s a day to remember and honor all those who have served. If you see a veteran, thank him or her. It&#8217;s the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arlingtoncemetery.net\/flanders.htm\">In Flanders fields the poppies blow<br \/>\nBetween the crosses row on row,<br \/>\nThat mark our place; and in the sky<br \/>\nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly<br \/>\nScarce heard amid the guns below.<\/p>\n<p>We are the Dead. Short days ago<br \/>\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br \/>\nLoved and were loved, and now we lie<br \/>\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n<p>Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br \/>\nTo you from failing hands we throw<br \/>\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high.<br \/>\nIf ye break faith with us who die<br \/>\nWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br \/>\nIn Flanders fields.<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(Posted slightly early because I don&#8217;t have reliable internet access at the moment.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formerly known as Armistice Day, currently known in the US as Veteran&#8217;s Day, and known elsewhere as Remembrance Day, it&#8217;s a day to remember and honor all those who have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bendreth.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}