There was a video I wanted to post for today, but I couldn’t track it down. Perhaps I’ll find it in time for Veteran’s Day. Since I couldn’t find it, I’ll repost some past Memorial Day items.<\/p>\n
First, a poem Robert Service wrote after World War I:<\/p>\n
PILGRIMS<\/p>\n
For oh, when the war will be over
\n We\u0092ll go and we\u0092ll look for our dead;
\n We\u0092ll go when the bee\u0092s on the clover,
\n And the plume of the poppy is red:
\n We\u0092ll go when the year\u0092s at its gayest,
\n When meadows are laughing with flow\u0092rs;
\n And there where the crosses are greyest,
\n We\u0092ll seek for the cross that is ours.<\/p>\n
For they cry to us: Friends, we are lonely,
\n A-weary the night and the day;
\n But come in the blossom-time only,
\n Come when our graves will be gay:
\n When daffodils all are a-blowing,
\n And larks are a-thrilling the skies,
\n Oh, come with the hearts of you glowing,
\n And the joy of the Spring in your eyes.<\/p>\n
But never, oh, never come sighing,
\n For ours was the Splendid Release;
\n And oh, but \u0092twas joy in the dying
\n To know we were winning you Peace!
\n So come when the valleys are sheening,
\n And fledged with the promise of grain;
\n And here where our graves will be greening,
\n Just smile and be happy again.
\n And so, when the war will be over,
\n We\u0092ll seek for the Wonderful One;
\n And maiden will look for her lover,
\n And mother will look for her son;
\n And there will be end to our grieving,
\n And gladness will gleam over loss,
\n As – glory beyond all believing!
\n We point \u0085 to a name on a cross.<\/p>\n
And remember, when you think of those who gave their all for their country:<\/p>\n