BobbyBiplane
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From a company article written by a friend a few years ago and worth repeating this morning.
So begins John McCrae’s poignant poem “In Flanders Fields.” McCrae’s work is one of the most powerful and memorable poems ever written about war, its soldiers and its legacy. “In Flanders Fields” is a fitting way to remind all of us this Veterans Day of the risks faced by our team members serving in the armed forces ...
And a final note about Veterans Day from our friends at Wikipedia; “The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling.” From our early days in grammar class, we should remember that the attributive form of the adjective reflects as an attribute, used in this case as the day “of” veterans, as it should.
Thank you.
Bob
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.
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
So begins John McCrae’s poignant poem “In Flanders Fields.” McCrae’s work is one of the most powerful and memorable poems ever written about war, its soldiers and its legacy. “In Flanders Fields” is a fitting way to remind all of us this Veterans Day of the risks faced by our team members serving in the armed forces ...
And a final note about Veterans Day from our friends at Wikipedia; “The holiday is commonly printed as Veteran's Day or Veterans' Day in calendars and advertisements. While these spellings are grammatically acceptable, the United States government has declared that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling.” From our early days in grammar class, we should remember that the attributive form of the adjective reflects as an attribute, used in this case as the day “of” veterans, as it should.
Thank you.
Bob
