After the Second Battle of Ypres, when poison gas floated down into the trenches of World War I for the first time, a Canadian soldier saw something surprisingly hopeful. In the rolling fields nearby, ...

But as the artifacts in the Osler Library’s possession attest, McCrae’s poem resonated before it even appeared in print.

Grade 4 to 7 students at Mount Royal School in Brampton, Ont., recite John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields to mark its 110th anniversary for Remembrance Day.

Note to readers: The Sun has chosen to reprint this story, which first appeared in the newspaper on Dec. 8, 2015, in honour of Remembrance Day on Monday. Please note that Kathleen Christensen is no ...