). The poem "In Flanders Fields" never sounded so poignant, and I was reminded of another beautiful poem about the sadness and futility of World War I written by the British poet Roland Aubrey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John McCrae pictured with his dog in an undated photo. Serving as a medical officer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a ...

A person looking for battlefields will never run out of places to visit, especially in Europe. One of the most interesting is around the ancient city of Ypres ("Ieper" to the Belgians), located in ...

This work by John McCrae, in its small way, has an effect as great as any poem. It touched people, and gave them a symbol. Much greater poets have achieved much less.

Arriving as the B-side for Allegaeon’s recently released cover of J.S. Bach’s “Concerto in Dm” last month comes a new music video for the band’s interpretation of “In Flanders Fields,” a war poem by ...

YPRES, Belgium – Crimson poppies still dance in the breeze as if nothing horrific happened in Flanders Fields. But a century after the start of World War I, the flowers endure as a symbol of war dead, ...

Just before Remembrance Day, four handwritten copies of John McCrae’s iconic war poem In Flanders Fields have been recognized and added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SANNERVILLE, FRANCE - JUNE 05: Poppies blossom in the grass as 280 paratroopers take part in a parachute drop onto fields at ...