{"id":18,"date":"2014-06-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-04-25T22:54:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T22:54:07","slug":"wwi-tidbit-remembering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stacyhenrie.com\/blog\/wwi-tidbit-remembering\/","title":{"rendered":"WWI Tidbit – Remembering"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poppies have long symbolized those who fell on the battlefields of France during WWI – largely because of the poem “In Flanders Fields” written by John McCrae in May 1915 about the Great War.<\/p>\n

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In Flanders fields the poppies blow<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Between the crosses, row on row,<\/div>\n
That mark our place; and in the sky<\/div>\n
The larks, still bravely singing, fly<\/div>\n
Scarce heard amid the guns below.<\/div>\n
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We are the Dead. Short days ago<\/div>\n
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<\/div>\n
Loved and were loved, and now we lie<\/div>\n
In Flanders fields.<\/div>\n
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Take up our quarrel with the foe:<\/div>\n
To you from failing hands we throw<\/div>\n
The torch; be yours to hold it high.<\/div>\n
If ye break faith with us who die<\/div>\n
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<\/div>\n
In Flanders fields.<\/div>\n
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This year – and this summer, in particular – marks the 100th-anniversary of the start of WWI, with these key dates:<\/div>\n
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June 28, 1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is assassinated by a Serbian<\/div>\n
July 28, 1914 – Austria declares war on Serbia<\/div>\n
August 1, 1914 – Germany declares war on Russia, Serbia’s ally<\/div>\n
August 3, 1914 – Germany declares war on France, Russia’s ally<\/div>\n
August 4, 1914 – Great Britain declares war on Germany in response to Germany invading Belgium<\/div>\n
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Having studied much about this war and the time period, I’m thrilled to have my Of Love and War<\/i> series release during this anniversary year – taking readers from the home front, to a war hospital near the front lines, to England in 1920 as the world struggles to recover from the effects of the Great War. <\/div>\n
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And speaking of release – HOPE AT DAWN comes out in two weeks!<\/div>\n
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