Sunday, January 28, 2018

REMEMBERING CANADIAN LT. COL. JOHN McCRAE

Who died this date in 1918, an outstanding poet....Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I, and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. (CLICK ON THE PHOTO). He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields". McCrae died of pneumonia near the end of the war.  Read more here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCrae

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2018 at 6:48 AM

    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.

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