{"id":417,"date":"2008-11-11T01:47:39","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T07:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jodilee.ca\/?p=417"},"modified":"2008-11-11T01:47:39","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T07:47:39","slug":"lest-we-forget-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"Lest We Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"imgfloat\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sacredtriskele.net\/images\/poppy.jpg\" alt=\"Poppy\"  width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Flanders Fields<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)<\/em><br \/>\nCanadian Army<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>IN FLANDERS FIELDS<\/em><\/strong> 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. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Forever in my heart, Wilfred John Martindale &#8211; Queen&#8217;s Own Cameron Highlanders (prv. BlackWatch). I miss you, grampa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Flanders Fields<br \/>\nBy: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)<br \/>\nCanadian Army<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nWe 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.<br \/>\nTake 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 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,174,171,173],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-pondering-on-writing","tag-grampa","tag-november-11","tag-remembrance-day","tag-wj-martindale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":418,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodilee.sacredtriskele.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}