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Post by adamrocks on Nov 9, 2014 19:39:44 GMT -5
i have no idea if anyone going to the paris concert would have time or the inclination to visit the war graves in france but i have been several times ,it is one of lifes most moving experiences youtu.be/qv0pvSF-1WUwww.greatwar.co.uk/places/somme-cemeteries.htm and if you check the map you can see there are many hope you all wear your poppies tomorrow
...this video is so very moving. Thank you for sharing it with us.
In remembrance....
ETA: When I was young I remember having to memorize the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae written in 1915 during WWI and it had such a heart felt affect on me I never forgot it and anytime the 'poppy flower' is mentioned I always think of that poem and it's haunting words: "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."
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Post by rihannsu on Nov 9, 2014 19:48:03 GMT -5
Our Veteran's Day is this coming Monday, November 11th. In case you have important things planned, I don't want you to show up a day early. November 11 is Tuesday this year.  LOL, believe it or not I had actually checked the date on my calendar, saw it was the 10th and not the 11th but still managed to type the date wrong. ETA: Of course the problem is really that Veteran's Day is the 11th but as a Federal Holiday is celebrated on the Monday making it the 10th this year. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 19:51:34 GMT -5
49,524 interments National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Also known as: Punchbowl Cemetery a most moving experience.  |
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Post by Q3 on Nov 9, 2014 19:59:14 GMT -5
The more intriguing story if the guitar travel story is accurate and timely is that Brian played neither the red special nor his Tradional tour backup Fryer guitar. Does anyone know for certain what song was played at the end of the awards show? He was playing a Guild.
This is the third time Joe Elliott has played the song with Brian following the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute show and Brian's guest appearance with Lep in London 2003. I am not an expert on this -- and Brian has so many guitars that it makes my head spin -- but I believe Brian often uses a Guild when he is playing back-up guitar versus lead guitar.
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Post by adamrocks on Nov 9, 2014 20:06:28 GMT -5
Luke Easton 3ku1 35m35 minutes ago You know this QAL thing is an unusual thing. It is not often a Younh Gun revitalizes an classic band so much, it gets compared to its heyday
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 20:08:49 GMT -5
i have no idea if anyone going to the paris concert would have time or the inclination to visit the war graves in france but i have been several times ,it is one of lifes most moving experiences youtu.be/qv0pvSF-1WUwww.greatwar.co.uk/places/somme-cemeteries.htm and if you check the map you can see there are many hope you all wear your poppies tomorrow
...this video is so very moving. Thank you for sharing it with us.
In remembrance....
ETA: When I was young I remember having to memorize the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae written in 1915 during WWI and it had such a heart felt affect on me I never forgot it and anytime the 'poppy flower' is mentioned I always think of that poem and it's haunting words: "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."
I had to memorize it, too. And even in my age-addled state I can still recite it. |
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Post by donnamb on Nov 9, 2014 20:14:35 GMT -5
In case you have important things planned, I don't want you to show up a day early. November 11 is Tuesday this year. LOL, believe it or not I had actually checked the date on my calendar, saw it was the 10th and not the 11th but still managed to type the date wrong. ETA: Of course the problem is really that Veteran's Day is the 11th but as a Federal Holiday is celebrated on the Monday making it the 10th this year. Veteran's Day is too sacred to be moved to a Monday. It will be on Tuesday. Courts are closed, Post Office is closed, my son, as a veteran, having served in Kuwait with Coast Guard, will remember his service and those of others. |
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Post by 3ku1 on Nov 9, 2014 20:14:58 GMT -5
Re QAL on XF UK. What's the bet they well be singing Love Kills. Seeing QF well be out by then. Or is their a chance of a Medley?
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Post by lilly on Nov 9, 2014 20:15:45 GMT -5
Lilly...this video is so very moving. Thank you for sharing it with us.
In remembrance....
ETA: When I was young I remember having to memorize the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae written in 1915 during WWI and it had such a heart felt affect on me I never forgot it and anytime the 'poppy flower' is mentioned I always think of that poem and it's haunting words: "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."
I had to memorize it, too. And even in my age-addled state I can still recite it. well ye jist made me bust intae tears |
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Post by lilly on Nov 9, 2014 20:17:35 GMT -5
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