By guest blogger Penny Underwood.
On November 11th. 2012 an Annual Remembrance Service was held at St. Martin in the Field in Dunwoody, Atlanta, Ga. This was started 38. yrs. ago by a Brit, Reggie Mitchell, and Father Martin Dewey Gable.
It started with a prelude, "I vow to the my country", followed by a hymn and Order of Morning Prayer. The First Lesson was read by an Australian Consul; followed by "Jerusalem"; the Second Lesson; Apostles Creed; prayers and Address. After the Offertory hynm the National Anthems of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Great Britain and America were sung. This was followed by a bagpipe lament "Flowers of the Forest"; the Last Post; 2 Minutes Silence; "Reveille" on the trumpet, the poem "In Flanders Field" and "Words Of Remembrance", concluding with a prayer, Benediction and closing hymn.
WORDS OF REMEMBRANCE
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor years condem
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
We will remember them
IN FLANDERS FIELD
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, the poppies grow
In Flanders fields
Lt. Col. John McCrae {1872-1918)
