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<\/a>and his moving poem, In Flanders Fields<\/em>, unless they were history majors.<\/p>\nNot long ago…<\/p>\n
There was a generation of people who thought poppies would only<\/i> be found growing on the sides of roads in Europe, notably Italy, and not pinned to the lapels of people whose descendants were victims.<\/p>\n
Not long ago…<\/p>\n
There was a generation of people who never imagined we would still be hearing powerful remembrance essays, like this one from the former hockey great Ken Dryden<\/a>.<\/p>\n Not long ago…<\/p>\n There was a generation of people who never imagined this day would be perpetuated by Vietnam…and then Iraq…and then Afghanistan…and now ISIS.<\/p>\n Not long ago…<\/p>\n There was reason to think that November 11 would just be November 11.<\/p>\n Sadly, it seems that will never be the case. Sadly, it is destined to be called “11-11”…a sister to 9-11.<\/p>\n In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n • Norwegian to refurbush every ship but the Jewel over next two years Today at <\/span>portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a>: <\/span><\/strong><\/em>Porthole Magazine Awards<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., Remembrance Day in Canada. Cruise lines often recognize it with bargains, promotions or just reverence. Not long ago… There was a generation of people who thought that remembering the soldiers who died or were injured or fought in the battles of World War I and World War II would… Continue reading \u2018Lest We Forget\u2019 …Forever<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,15],"tags":[137,57,808,912,72,819,35,2130,2131,26,27,769,770],"class_list":["post-26078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-costa-cruise","tag-costa-favolosa","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruises","tag-john-mccrae","tag-ken-dryden","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-remembrance-day","tag-veterans-day","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\t• Genting's premium Dream Cruises to launch first ship November 2016
\n\t• Princess produces web video with Cat Greenleaf for first-time cruisers<\/p>\n
\n\tCosta Favolosa<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tMarch 7, 2016
\n\tLa Romana<\/a> (return): Catalina Island<\/a>, St. Kitts<\/a>, Antigua<\/a>, Fort-de-France<\/a>, Guadeloupe<\/a>, St. Maarten<\/a>
\n\tInside: $649
\n\tCost per day: $92<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.costacruise.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"