'In Flanders Fields': The poem“In Flanders Fields” was written by Lt. Col. John McCrea of Canada in May 1915 after the funeral of a friend killed in the Second Battle of Ypres. First published ...

The British wear poppies on Armistice Day because a Canadian doctor wrote a poem that mentions poppies. It’s a small thing, that poppy-wearing, when compared to the horror of World War I, with the ...

Claim: The new Canadian $10 bill is being recalled because it includes a misprint of the poem "In Flanders Fields." Origins: Mistakes in the creation of coins and currency generally fall into one ...

Q I am trying to locate the poem “In Flanders Fields.” If you find it, would you be so kind as to print it in time for Memorial Day? –A.G., Williamsburg In Flanders Fields” is one of the ...

The poem "In Flanders Fields" never sounded so poignant, and I was reminded of another beautiful poem about the sadness and futility of World War I written by the British poet Roland Aubrey ...

In Flanders Fields was given a polemical twist and used to attack those who opposed conscription, particularly francophones in Quebec who wanted nothing to do with what they regarded as an ...

What McCrae’s poem overlooks, as do the memorials erected all over the country, is the moment of transition between life and death (how did “we” come to be lying in Flanders fields?): the ...

In May 1915, a Canadian military doctor composed a poem that has come to symbolize this day. Take a moment to read it again.

He wrote a famous poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’, on the death of a comrade. Extracts of the poem are read, over footage showing aerial views of war graves today and images of death and burial ...

The poem was written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian doctor who served as a lieutenant-colonel in the First World War. He himself died of pneumonia while on active duty in the spring of 1918.

The poem was written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian doctor who served as a lieutenant-colonel in the First World War. He himself died of pneumonia while on active duty in the spring of 1918.