Take a few minutes to watch this video.

http://www.army.gc.ca/chief_land_staff/remembrance/English/video.asp

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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.

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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.

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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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I want my kids to memorize this poem as I did when I was a child. I worry about my kids forgetting or worse, not knowing. Our veterans are getting old and dying. Will we remember in 25 years from now? I hold my freedom in the highest regard and am so thankful.

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Update - So yes, I have decided that my kids will memorize this poem. They will have one week to memorize the first verse, then we will work on the other verses. I know they can memorize it much quicker but I don't want it to be something they learn quickly and forget but learn it and it stays with them.We have also discussed at length the meaning if this poem.

All this week I have been talking to them specifically about Hitler and his plans for taking over the world, killing millions and how brave men and women stood up and said that what he was doing was wrong. I told them how people said that is was not our war and not our problem. I told them when innocent people are dying there needs to be people who stand up for what if right.

Perhaps this is a topic too big for children to hear about. I just think of how many children have been killed under the rule of evil dictators and know that this topic is something they need to know about.