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Skagway writer Kent Fielding just released his third book. The collection of poems was written over a thirty-five year period ...
Poet’s cousin reads ‘In Flanders Fields’ for first time in public For the first time in his 73 years, Springwater Township resident Murray Deller read his cousin’s poem in public.
The poem, “In Flanders Fields,” appeared at the bottom of a page beneath a satirical article about Christmas toys for children. The major’s poem resonated with the masses, becoming one of ...
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 ...
A micro-artist has written the world's smallest poem after etching 'In Flanders Fields' on a speck of his war hero grandfather's military badge - in the eye of a needle. Graham Short, 77, spent ...
On Remembrance Day, Canadians, indeed people throughout the Commonwealth, hear the poem “ In Flanders Fields.” It may be recited in schools, at commemorative events or heard on television.
The haunting poem, "In Flanders Fields," was written by Lt. Col. John McCrae, a Canadian doctor who ran a field hospital during the war. During a recent wreath-laying ceremony at the massive Tyne Cot ...
In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow ...
The end of the silence will be marked by the Reveille. Many will mark the occasion with a reading of In Flanders Fields, the war poem written by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.
The end of the silence will be marked by the Reveille. Many will mark the occasion with a reading of In Flanders Fields, the war poem written by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae.