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Originally posted by Garry Shipton
When I was a kid the poem was a necessary learning item in our literature class which was recited on each Nov.11th armistice day.Wonder what they're teaching the kids today??My daughters know it by heart because I repeat it to them.They're shocked when I state the ages of the boys who died
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Hi Garry,
WE too had that poem EVERY year through school on Remembrance Day. Powerful poem hey?
I know I'm still shocked by the ages of some of the young men. One of my Grannies cousins was only 18, and I KNOW that 18 was OLD compared to much younger "boys" who went off to war.
Regards the poem ...I was delighted to find a copy of the HANDWRITTEN by its author online. Brings it closer home to "reality".
Lest We Forget.
Carman