{"id":90195,"date":"2018-11-11T02:11:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T10:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=90195"},"modified":"2018-11-11T08:44:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T16:44:41","slug":"armistice-day-a-century-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/armistice-day-a-century-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Armistice Day, a Century Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>oday is a cold autumn day, but not so cold as some autumns elsewhere and elsewhen I think.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Photo by W. L. King; courtesy of Military Intelligence Div., General Staff, U.S. Army.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
\nBetween the crosses, row on row,
\nThat mark our place; and in the sky
\nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly
\nScarce heard amid the guns below.<\/p>\n

We are the Dead. Short days ago
\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
\nLoved and were loved, and now we lie
\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
\nTo you from failing hands we throw
\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high.
\nIf ye break faith with us who die
\nWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow
\nIn Flanders fields.<\/p>\n

(John McCrae<\/a>, 1915)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today is a cold autumn day, but not so cold as some autumns elsewhere and elsewhen I think. 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-silence"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/No-mans-land-flanders-field.jpg?fit=1590%2C420&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-nsL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100364,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/armistice-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":90195,"position":0},"title":"Armistice Day","author":"Thom","date":"11 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"a cold autumn day, but not so cold as some autumns elsewhere and elsewhen I think. 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