{"id":747,"date":"2015-07-23T16:27:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T19:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=747"},"modified":"2018-12-08T01:37:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T05:07:54","slug":"in-flanders-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"In Flanders Fields&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN1203-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN1203-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN1203-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/DSCN1203-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>In Flanders fields the poppies&nbsp;blow<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Between the crosses, row on row,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;That mark our place; and in the sky<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The larks, still bravely singing, fly<br>Scarce heard amid the guns below.<br><br>We are the Dead. Short days ago<br>We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Loved and were loved, and now we lie<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In Flanders fields.<br><br>Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br>To you from failing hands we throw<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The torch; be yours to hold it high.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;If ye break faith with us who die<br>We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In Flanders fields.<\/p><cite>John&nbsp;McCrae<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150723_150636-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"749\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=749\" class=\"wp-image-749\" 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https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150723_150315-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150723_150357-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"770\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=770\" class=\"wp-image-770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150723_150357-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150723_150357-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150723_150357-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While Carl was regaling us with the history of the Essex Farm he received a call about his father&#8230; who&#8217;s health had taken a sharp turn for the worse&#8230;&nbsp; In one breath Carl told us his dad was dying, and in the next he continued on about how great Canada is&#8230; as a Troop, we told Carl to go home, and we return to Ypres to take care of ourselves for the evening.&nbsp; Family first! Carl is &#8220;one of us&#8221; and we take care of our own \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Flanders fields the poppies&nbsp;blow&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Between the crosses, row on row,&nbsp;&nbsp;That mark our place; and in the sky&nbsp;&nbsp;The larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,&nbsp;&nbsp;Loved and were loved, and now we lie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throw&nbsp;&nbsp;The torch; be yours to hold it high.&nbsp;&nbsp;If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In Flanders fields. John&nbsp;McCrae While Carl was regaling us with the history of the Essex Farm he received a call about his father&#8230; who&#8217;s health had taken a sharp turn for the worse&#8230;&nbsp; In one breath Carl told us his dad was dying, and in the next he continued on about how great Canada is&#8230; as a Troop, we told Carl to go home, and we return to Ypres to take care of ourselves for the evening.&nbsp; Family first! Carl is &#8220;one of us&#8221; and we take care of our own \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}