DDO Community Gathers for Veterans Worldwide. Transcript 2013

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

Hello and welcome all to our Veterans Day Ceremony! This is also known as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, and we sincerely thank our international brothers & sisters to stand with us here today.

For all you non Ghallandians, my name is LeslieWest_GuitarGod on the DDO forums. I am in the Tyrs Paladium guild here on Ghallanda. I will be the MC for today's ceremony.

Thank you all for taking a bit of time away from questing to be here tonight.

As we begin, I'd like to start with a poem. Its a simple, but powerful and memorable poem. We in Tyrs Paladium have used it in every ceremony we've ever done.



"It is the Veteran, not the reporter,
Who has given us Freedom of the Press.

It is the Veteran, not the poet,
Who has given us Freedom of Speech.

It is the Veteran, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the Freedom to demonstrate.

It is the Veteran, not the lawyer,
Who has given us the right to a fair trial;

And it is the Veteran--who salutes the flag,
Who serves the flag, and
Whose coffin is draped by the flag--
Who allows the protester to burn the flag."


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"In Flanders Fields" is the most notable poem written during World War I. Canadian physician and Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote it on 3 May 1915, after he witnessed the death of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, 22 years old, the day before.