- 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.
Very nice Andrew.
Andrew, very well done. As youngsters growing up in Riverside, on every 11/11 a group of us upon hearing bag pipes and drums would run to the curbs of Wyandotte Street East to watch the annual parade make its way east to the Riverside Recreation and Memorial Centre (aka the Riverside Arena). There a wreath would be laid at the cenotaph.
With the 2011 destruction of the arena in order to provide a charming stretch of wasteland, does anyone know the fate of that cenotaph?
Ted,
The answer is in the comments here:
http://internationalmetropolis.com/2009/11/12/riverside-cenotaph/
Uzzy, thanks much for the link to that prior post. I too remember when the original cenotaph had the rifle, bayonet and helmet affixed to it. At least a replacement has been installed nearby. Hopefully it is used in the same manner as in the past on the 11th of November.
Lest We Forget.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields.
They should have left it at Giles and Ouellette
Gary, that was a different cenotaph that was installed far before Riverside was annexed into Windsor. Nonetheless, you make a good point. Where did the cenotaph at Giles and Ouellette go?
Ted in Toronto, you ask about the Giles and Ouellette cenotaph… it was moved… http://internationalmetropolis.com/2007/11/12/remember/
JBM, thanks for providing that informative link.
JBM, thanks for posting that link.
“They grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them.”
(By Laurence Binyon. Spoken at Remembrance Day services.)
JBM, appreciate the update.