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Originally posted by naughtyangel
I'm just curious...do the Americans use "In Flanders Fields" as part of their memorial services like the Canadians do?
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My 12 year olds class read it at their service yesterday! I have a copy of that framed, that was my grandmothers. I almost gave it to him to bring in for the Memorial Day service yesterday. But knowing 12 year olds like I do, I thought it best to leave it in its place!
My mother just returned from a vacation in DC where she saw the new WWII memorial, here is a copy of the email she sent....
Wanted to share this with you. Friday was an emotional day with many
thoughts of dad/ grandpa as we attended the military funeral of
a friend's dad in Arlington and then late that afternoon we walked from our hotel to see the new WWII Memorial.
This memorial sits on the mall between the Washington Monument and the
Lincoln Memorial. You can look down and see the Capitol building. It
will be dedicated this Memorial Day weekend with a big reunion of all
WWII vets. They are busy setting up tents etc for this event. The
memorial was beautiful, moving and quite impressive - It is very large.
All granite.
You descend into the middle of the memorial by one of two walkways
that have reliefs made of metal on the walls depicting all the
branches of the armed forces during the war. - The perimeter of the
memorial are granite columns in a semi circle on either side of a
raised pool of water - one for each states and country that fought in
the war containing granite memorial wreaths, In the middle of all of
this is a very large lake like pool with 2 large fountains spouting
water high in the air on either side one side days Pacific and the
other Atlantic.
We were both so moved. You can not help shed a tear. Wish dad/grandpa could
have seen it. He would love it. There was one elderly man sitting on
a bench by the fountain in tears. The memorial is so late in coming -
most of the people that fought in that war have died...
Anyway thanks for reminding me to reflect again PF!
