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The Torch; be yours to hold it high! if ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields. -- McCrae (

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Filipowski, Richard, 1923-2008

Title

The Torch; be yours to hold it high! if ye break faith with us who die we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields. -- McCrae

Description

World War II poster with a blue and gray print of a man raising a torch above his head. Behind him are monolithic buildings. In the lower portion of the poster is a passage from Canadian poet and World War I veteran John McRae's poem "In Flanders Fields"

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Illinois State University

	Native name	Chicago State University
	Location	Normal , United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 30′ 38.74″ N, 88° 59′ 36.46″ W
	Established	1857
	Website	illinoisstate.edu
	Authority file	: Q558922 VIAF: 156568544 ISNI: 0000000419368825 LCCN: n79041693 NLA: 36573832 GND: 1034462-7 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Illinois State University as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Illinois Digital Heritage Hub.

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