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 most famous ...
McGill University's Osler Library holds four copies of John McCrae's poem, each one speaking volumes about how the human ...
Hundreds assembled outside the Guelph Civic Museum on Thursday to watch as Governor General David Johnston and Mayor Cam Guthrie unveiled a new bronze statue of Lt. Col. John McCrae commemorating the ...
On Thursday, European leaders are gathering in Belgium to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I — the bloodbath that ended millions of European lives. And killed 116,516 U.S. troops.
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 ...
Gerald Caplan is an African scholar, former NDP national director and a regular panelist on CBC's Power and Politics. Maybe it's the centenary of the First World War that took me back to John McCrae's ...
Like so many things in 2020, Canada's Remembrance Day ceremonies will be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Communities will still commemorate their war dead on Nov. 11, but this year, the services ...
Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Amid all the pomp and ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of several iconic battles in the Flanders fields this year comes a ...
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