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Today is Veterans Day. Hug a vet and thank him or her for their service. If you are a vet, I sincerely thank you for allowing me the freedom to write these meaningless words.

Ever wonder why poppies are sold by your local VFW?

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

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 dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

For the history of this poem see http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm

Of course, you should thank veterans every day but you really should make the effort the two days per year that we single them out (Memorial Day, for those that are wondering).