KB Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Among my many hobbies is playing for brass bands and today in Australia and New Zealand is ANZAC day where our nations stop to remember the service given by our forefathers to keep our countries free. Today my band played in the dawn service in pouring rain, later we played in the day service again in pouring rain before getting an indoor gig at the RSL (Returned Services League). Out of the 30 band people and supporters there not a single one complained as we are all too aware that so very many made the ultimate sacrifice to maintain our way of life. In Flanders Fields 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 Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernow Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Thank you Ken for posting this. Many of us have family that fell during that era. My family included. It is so easy to forget. Living in Europe I have visited many cemeteries in France and am always filled with horror and awe at the number of headstones there. Lest we forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB Posted April 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 I have many friends in service bands who actually play on ANZAC Day at many sites around the Western Front, they tell me that actually being there makes it all the more real. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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