{"id":148724,"date":"2026-11-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148724"},"modified":"2026-11-11T18:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T23:38:55","slug":"poetry-for-memorial-day-laurence-binyons-for-the-fallen-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148724","title":{"rendered":"Poetry for Memorial Day\u2013Laurence Binyon\u2019s For the Fallen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royal<br>Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres,<br>There is music in the midst of desolation<br>And a glory that shines upon our tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They went with songs to the battle, they were young,<br>Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.<br>They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;<br>They fell with their faces to the foe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:<br>Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.<br>At the going down of the sun and in the morning<br>We will remember them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/poems\/57322\/for-the-fallen\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, we honor and thank the generations of heroes who wore the uniform in service to our great nation. Happy Veterans Day, America. &#x1f1fa;&#x1f1f8; https:\/\/t.co\/CuOlV4zWmO<\/p>&mdash; U.S. Army (@USArmy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USArmy\/status\/2120500541469897199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solemn the drums thrill; Death august and royalSings sorrow up into immortal spheres,There is music in the midst of desolationAnd a glory that shines upon our tears. They went with songs to the battle, they were young,Straight of limb, true<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=148724\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-armed-forces","category-poetry-literature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148726,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148724\/revisions\/148726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}