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.

For those who might not understand the reference, today is veteran's day (in the US at least).

Q. Is Veterans Day celebrated in other countries?

A. Yes, a number of countries honor their veterans each year on November 11, although the name and types of commemorations differ somewhat from Veterans Day celebrations in the United States. For example, Canada and Australia observe "Remembrance Day" on November 11, and Great Britain observes "Remembrance Day" on the Sunday nearest to November 11. There are similarities and differences between these countries' Remembrance Day and America's Veterans Day. Canada's observance is actually quite similar to the U.S. celebration, in that the day is intended to honor all who served in Canada's Armed Forces. However, unlike in the U.S., many Canadians wear red poppy flowers on November 11 in honor of their war dead. In Australia, Remembrance Day is very much like America's Memorial Day, a day to honor that nation's war dead.
In Great Britain, the day is commemorated by church services and parades of ex-service members in Whitehall, a wide ceremonial avenue leading from London's Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square. Wreaths of poppies are left at the Cenotaph, a war memorial in Whitehall, which was built after the First World War. At the Cenotaph and elsewhere in the country, a two-minute silence is observed at 11 a.m., to honor those who lost their lives in wars.

Our was on Sunday.

Rememberance day in Canada is about as big as Memorial Day is in the states.

Never again

11/11 was the day the guns fell quiet on the western front in WWI.

Possibly a better message would have been "I'm sorry".

There's a nice story behind that poem.. About a writer who was in the US military and wrote about a field where soldiers who had died were buried.. He died not too long after writing it and was buried in Flanders field.

Actually he was Canadian. It was a sad story for sure.

*nod* Lt. John McCrae... the opening verse to the poem is on the Canadian $10 bill.

*nod* Lt. John McCrae... the opening verse to the poem is on the Canadian $10 bill.We have the same poem on the US $7.66 bill.