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Aula - 29 May 2006 11:12 GMT

there is a red paper poppy taped to my filing cabinet at work. I got it
some time ago from someone who wanted to share their memory of W.W.II with
me. so here I sit, early this memorial day morning, remembering, even
though the poppy is only visible in my mind's eye.

thank you to all who have set aside your lives and done what you could to
safe guard those whom you loved. those who went away to war, some to never
come home again like my uncle Ned in W.W.II, others to come back wearing the
scars on your bodies, in your minds and in your souls. thank you for giving
people like me the opportunity to live in freedom, no matter our current
political leanings. thanks.

-aula

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Mo - 29 May 2006 13:48 GMT

> there is a red paper poppy taped to my filing cabinet at work. I got
> it some time ago from someone who wanted to share their memory of
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>
> -aula

Very beautifully put Aula. Whether or not one opposes current politics
or military actions has nothing to do with honouring those who have made
or are still making sacrifices.

I myself will never ever let our remembrance day (4th May) pass without
visiting the local war monument and maintaining the two minutes silence
there at 8pm. Like your family, mine was very much affected by W.W.II.
My greatgrandmother and her cousin were concentration camp survivors,
while my grandfather was picked up in a raid and transported to do
forced labour in eastern Germany. What they went through may never be
forgotten.

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nanner - 29 May 2006 16:30 GMT

>> there is a red paper poppy taped to my filing cabinet at work. I got
>> it some time ago from someone who wanted to share their memory of
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> my grandfather was picked up in a raid and transported to do forced labour
> in eastern Germany. What they went through may never be forgotten.

everyone needs to remember, never forget.

my great uncle had immigrated to the US from Italy and fought against them,
while his brother fought on Italy's side. My grnadmother (thier sister) was
in the mountains of Italy hiding with her babies in the caves to stay alive.

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Aula - 30 May 2006 10:51 GMT

> everyone needs to remember, never forget.
>
> my great uncle had immigrated to the US from Italy and fought against them,
> while his brother fought on Italy's side. My grnadmother (thier sister) was
> in the mountains of Italy hiding with her babies in the caves to stay alive.

that must have been a horrible thing for them to deal with. did the two
brothers ever reconcile?

-aula

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nanner - 30 May 2006 12:25 GMT

>> everyone needs to remember, never forget.
>>
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> that must have been a horrible thing for them to deal with. did the two
> brothers ever reconcile?

i don't know, i will have to see if anyone that would know is still alive

:o( My grandmother told me about it before passing away and her husband's

brother recently died too.

> -aula

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Aula - 30 May 2006 10:46 GMT

"Mo"
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Mo@GMail.com> .

> I myself will never ever let our remembrance day (4th May) pass without
> visiting the local war monument and maintaining the two minutes silence
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> forced labour in eastern Germany. What they went through may never be
> forgotten.

those were terrible times. i cannot really begin to understand what people
went through in those camps, despite having read many accounts. you are so
right, we must never forget,

-aula

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Amanda - 29 May 2006 16:51 GMT

I explained to the kids what today was and why they were out of school, they
were really amazed, they are on;y 6 so they haven't been talk to at school
about this day yet.....but i agree never forget, and always appreciate.....
Amanda
*Smile it'll get better!*

> there is a red paper poppy taped to my filing cabinet at work. I got it
> some time ago from someone who wanted to share their memory of W.W.II with
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> -aula

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Puester - 29 May 2006 21:02 GMT

> there is a red paper poppy taped to my filing cabinet at work. I got it
> some time ago from someone who wanted to share their memory of W.W.II with
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>
> -aula

For you young 'uns who never had to memorize it:

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

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.

gloria p

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my red poppy