{"id":14156,"date":"2021-11-11T06:37:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T11:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=14156"},"modified":"2021-11-07T22:40:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T03:40:18","slug":"in-flanders-fields-john-mcrae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=14156","title":{"rendered":"In Flanders Fields \u2013 John McRae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Poppies-2-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Poppies-2-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Poppies-2-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Poppies-2-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Poppies-2-1536x831.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Poppies-2-624x338.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Poppies-2.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Flanders fields the poppies blow<br \/>\nBetween the crosses, row on row,<br \/>\nThat mark our place; and in the sky<br \/>\nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly<br \/>\nScarce heard amid the guns below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are the Dead. Short days ago<br \/>\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br \/>\nLoved and were loved, and now we lie<br \/>\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br \/>\nTo you from failing hands we throw<br \/>\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high.<br \/>\nIf ye break faith with us who die<br \/>\nWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br \/>\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/poppies-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/poppies-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/poppies-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/poppies-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/poppies-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/poppies-624x390.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/poppies.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR &amp; GR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer and experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNIATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &nbsp; We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[18,38,80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14160,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14156\/revisions\/14160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}