In Flanders fields the poppies blow,
Between the crosses row on row ...
The words of the Canadian soldier-doctor-poet John McCrae are called to mind every year on 11 November, for it was his poem "In Flanders Fields," written amid the suffering of the First...
A Crown of Life is a window onto the fascinating life of Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, author of the poem "In Flanders Fields." McCrae served as an artillery & medical officer in the South African War, & until his death, in World War I. After the war, "In Flanders...