Veterans Day

Your Center City Correspondent wants to remind you that tomorrow (Nov. 11) is Veterans Day. Take a moment and say a prayer for those men and women who served in the Armed Forces. In some countries it’s called Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. It was originally set up to commemorate the end of World War I, but in this country it has evolved to honor veterans, current-day servicemen and women, and those who have died in battle. In England, they remember the soldiers who died in the trenches at Verdun and the Somme, among others. At all the soccer games around the country this past weekend they had a moment of silence for those fallen heroes from the ‘war to end all wars’. If only that were true. It is an emotional moment for all involved. Even at the bars, men take off their caps and put their beers down for a moment.




Every year about this time, I am reminded of the poem ‘In Flanders Field’ which came out of the first World War. When I first learned this poem as a boy, it did not make that much of an impression on me. Having known a few young men who died in the service of our country, it makes a lot more sense to me now. It’s only 15 lines long but it contains a lot of emotion and passion. You can find it at the link below.







http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm