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 ...

). 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 ...

In Flanders Fields gripped the imagination of its first readers when it was published in 1915 in Punch magazine, a British satirical paper popular with troops during the First World War. Within months ...

A new sculpture in Ottawa celebrates the ‘beauty and power’ of John McCrae’s ’In Flanders Fields’, 100 years old on May 3 In this photo taken on Nov. 12, 2013, a red poppy on a wooden remembrance ...

“In Flanders Fields” was written by Lt. Col. John McCrea of Canada in May 1915 after the funeral of a friend killed in the Second Battle of Ypres. First published that year in the British magazine ...

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 ...

A century after it was written, "In Flanders Fields" — the solemn lament of war, sacrifice and obligation by John McCrae that's carved into the marble masonry of Parliament Hill's Peace Tower — will ...

Inspired by The Vimy Foundation’s work around the poem’s centennial, we called upon Canadian children to recite ’In Flanders Fields’ for Remembrance Day It’s been 100 years since John McCrae, a doctor ...

It has been 100 years ago since a young Ottawa soldier died instantly in the second battle of Ypres in northern Belgium, and a poem was penned in his honour. That man was 22-year-old Lt. Alexis Helmer ...

Our journalism is supported by readers like you. Click here to support The Tyee. Stephen Osborne has written about poppies and remembrance in Geist and Saturday Night, where some of the ideas ...