Most Canadians are familiar with John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” and can recite parts of it by heart. But few know the story behind the famous poem. Born in Guelph, Ont., McCrae was a major ...
Just before Remembrance Day, four handwritten copies of John McCrae’s iconic war poem In Flanders Fields have been recognized and added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the ...
The now iconic Remembrance Day poem In Flanders Fields may never have been published if a Nova Scotia nurse had followed army regulations. Clare Gass went to the battlefields of France during the ...
When Micah Brodovsky pauses to consider his favourite words in the iconic First World War poemIn Flanders Fields, the Grade 8 student's mind drifts to a line near the end. It is a simple line — "If ye ...
As Canadians commemorate Remembrance Day this year, many will reflect on the solemn beauty and eloquent simplicity of the iconic war poem, In Flanders Fields. This is the 100th anniversary of the poem ...