{"id":60000,"date":"2015-05-24T17:27:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T21:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60000"},"modified":"2015-05-24T17:27:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T21:27:03","slug":"to-you-from-failing-hands-we-throw-the-torch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60000","title":{"rendered":"To you from failing hands we throw the torch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day<\/p>\n<p><center><IMG SRC=http:\/\/jdpendry.com\/images\/Flags.jpg><\/center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.   Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.&#8221;  \u2014 General George S. Patton Jr.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><IMG SRC=http:\/\/jdpendry.com\/images\/poppy.jpg><\/center><\/p>\n<p>In Flanders Fields<\/p>\n<p>Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, 1872-1918<\/p>\n<p>In Flanders fields the poppies blow<br \/>\nBetween the crosses, row on row,<br \/>\nThat mark our place; and in the sky<br \/>\nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly<\/p>\n<p>Scarce heard amid the guns below.<\/p>\n<p>We are the Dead. Short days ago<br \/>\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,<br \/>\nLoved and were loved, and now we lie<\/p>\n<p>In Flanders fields.<\/p>\n<p>Take up our quarrel with the foe:<br \/>\nTo you from failing hands we throw<br \/>\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high.<br \/>\nIf ye break faith with us who die<\/p>\n<p>We shall not sleep, though poppies blow<br \/>\nIn Flanders fields. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day &#8220;It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should &hellip; <a title=\"To you from failing hands we throw the torch\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60000\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">To you from failing hands we throw the torch<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":648,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}