{"id":228,"date":"2013-10-19T02:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-19T02:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=228"},"modified":"2014-06-15T04:41:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T04:41:36","slug":"symbols-of-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"Symbols of Sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On our second day of our Fall break trip to Kansas City we spent several hours at the <a href=\"http:\/\/theworldwar.org\/\">National World War I Museum<\/a>. Talk about a wonderful museum. It is very well done and lots of exhibits and explanatory information and even sound booths where you can listen to poems and songs from the era. It really was overwhelming. To me a great museum needs several visits to really appreciate. So at a new museum my strategy is yes take it all in but really focus on the details. Sometimes you can find something new there. Something that gives the experience a little extra meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10352712156\/\" title=\"IMG_6612 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6612\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10352712156_4befed7a33_z-300x225.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What got me today was the symbols of sacrifice. I mean I loved all the artillery pieces, machine guns, sniper rifles, and the like but it was symbols like the Blue Stars that I noticed this time. The Blue Star of course means that the family has a loved one at war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10352698194\/\" title=\"IMG_6622 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6622\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10352698194_ac7869ce21_z-300x225.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Gold Star means that a family has lost a loved in battle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10352700416\/\" title=\"IMG_6623 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6623\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10352700416_c230b3cab7_z-300x225.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Congressional Medal of Honor is the nation&#8217;s highest award for valor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10352651795\/\" title=\"IMG_6657 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6657\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10352651795_ff815b40f7_z-300x225.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The new symbol for me was the poppy. Poppy&#8217;s were first mentioned in the poem about World War I dead by John McCrae. I thought the poppy as a symbol of sacrifice originated in Great Britain. According to Wikipedia, it originated in the United States after World War I and then spread to other countries. I haven&#8217;t seen poppy&#8217;s for sale in the US for years. It is still a potent symbol in Great Britain I&#8217;m told. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatwar.co.uk\/article\/remembrance-poppy.htm\">The Story Behind the Remembrance Poppy<\/a> is an excellent summary of history of the symbol.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/28381904@N06\/10352650524\/\" title=\"IMG_6658 by alnbbates, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6658\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10352650524_d8672f84ab_z-300x225.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One of the most moving things I&#8217;ve ever seen on YouTube (I know that is not saying a lot) is a ceremony of dropping poppies during the Festival of Remembrance held every November 11 to remember the end of the hostilities of World War I.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ndeiw16Lk90?rel=0\" width=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">You know the Yanks may have come up with the symbol of the Poppy but the Brits have taken it to a new level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In Flanders Fields<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>In Flanders fields the poppies blow<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Between the crosses, row on row,<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>That mark our place; and in the sky<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The larks, still bravely singing, fly<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Scarce heard amid the guns below.<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>We are the Dead. Short days ago<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Loved and were loved, and now we lie,<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>In Flanders fields.<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Take up our quarrel with the foe:<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>To you from failing hands we throw<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>The torch; be yours to hold it high.<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>If ye break faith with us who die<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>We shall not sleep, though poppies grow<\/i><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>In Flanders fields.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">John McCrae<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Anyway, we had a good time and learned a lot at the museum and I recommend it highly. There is not a whole lot of glory in war is the reinforced lesson, but there is much courage and sacrifice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our second day of our Fall break trip to Kansas City we spent several hours at the National World War I Museum. Talk about a wonderful museum. It is very well done and lots of exhibits and explanatory information and even sound booths where you can listen to poems and songs from the era. 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