waking up to a red white and blue sky
on this memorial day weekend
remembering those brave souls who sacrificed everything
never to see a morning sky again.
—
“unless we remember we cannot understand.”
-E. M. Forster
May31
Category Archives: memorial
May25
remembering on memorial day.
thank you.
“since it is not granted to us to live long,
let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.”
e. joseph cossman
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Nov11
for the veterans.
Your silent tents of green
We deck with fragrant flowers
Yours has the suffering been,
The memory shall be ours.
-henry wadsworth longfellow
(from decoration day)
—
He has a way with words and reminds us
that while our soldiers may have suffered and paid the ultimate price,
it is our duty to remember them.
credit: elkmoundwildflowers.com
Nov11
silent.
– your silent tents of green
we deck with fragrant flowers
yours has the suffering been,
the memory shall be ours.
– henry wadsworth longfellow
—
arlington national cemetery
