Memorial Day 2024
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In all MLB games yesterday, all players wore a poppy symbol on their jerseys.In Flanders Fields
By John McCrae, a WWI Canadian soldier, who died of pneumonia while in service before the war ended. This poem led to artificial poppies being sold in Canada and America to support veterans' charities.
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.
In Flanders Fields
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If they were here, JoeTato would just say "clap you stupid bastards."