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FirefighterJo

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5. As a Flanders boy

Reply to Mad_Dem_X (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2024, 11:04 AM

May 2024

And the grandson of one of the few soldiers that reached 7 frontstripes while being a volunteer in the Great War because of a love lost, this poem everytime goes through the heart. We can never forget.

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For Memorial Day - In Flanders Fields [View all] Mad_Dem_X May 2024 OP

... UTUSN May 2024 #1

Least We Forget Fla Dem May 2024 #2

One of my most precious memories... Staph May 2024 #3

Every 11th of november FirefighterJo May 2024 #6

My grandmother's parents lady sat for free an old woman applegrove May 2024 #15

"" AllaN01Bear May 2024 #4

As a Flanders boy FirefighterJo May 2024 #5

Yes in Flanders Fields was a poem that students had to recite from memory in our 7th grade English class. flying_wahini May 2024 #7

a fairly recent song about that place- mopinko May 2024 #8

I played a folk festival with Eric in 1975--not so recent! DFW May 2024 #17

being a scotsman, he copyrighted both titles, but they arent the same song, exactly. mopinko May 2024 #18

I do make it to that part of the world on occasion. DFW May 2024 #19

planning a party during the convention. mopinko May 2024 #20

as this is WW1 + vets, i picked up an AWESOME book at an estate sale, and they say we wouldn't fight by floyd gibbons. pansypoo53219 May 2024 #9

K & R. Permanut May 2024 #10

I just finished reading "Muse of Fire" it's about kairos12 May 2024 #11

Wonderful post BannonsLiver May 2024 #12

Flanders Fields question everything May 2024 #13

Thanks for taking the time to oasis May 2024 #16

I remember studying this one in high school. calimary May 2024 #14