Today marks the 100th anniversary of the composition of the iconic poem, In Flanders Fields. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead: Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved: and now we lie 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 In Flanders fields Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium A statue of McCrae was commemorated in Ottawa today. http://ottawacitizen.com/gallery/0504-mccrae
He may have only written one really memorable poem .... but what a poem it is! It will be remembered for many generations yet to come.
My brother took some pics of the McCrae statue today in Ottawa and I added my own from his grave site at Wimereux Communal Cemetery, taken on May1st.
Today marks the 103rd anniversary of the famous poem, “In Flanders Fields”, written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae on May 3, 1915.
