The Cenotaph at Old City Hall was vandalized overnight. The words “Ye broke faith” were scrawled on the monument. The words are reminiscent of the World War I poem In Flanders Fields written by Canadian medical officer John McCrae. The poem became an anthem to the dead in that war and others. It inspired the use of the poppy as a form of remembrance. Police are investigating. Part of In Flanders Fields reads:
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Vandalism at Old City Hall/City News Bert Dandy
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, physician and poet
