In the poem, “In Flanders Field,” McCrae gives the visual of poppies growing above and between makeshift graves and writes about how “We are the Dead” who were only just alive that morning.

The British wear poppies on Armistice Day because a Canadian doctor wrote a poem that mentions poppies. It’s a small thing, that poppy-wearing, when compared to the horror of World War I, with the ...

Touched by the sight of poppies growing on the graves, McCrae penned the poem In Flanders Fields while sitting on an ambulance near the banks of the Ypres canal.

I will start this Memorial Day Weekend with “In Flanders Field," the poem of war, cemeteries and bright red poppies, written by John McCrae in 1915. In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow Between ...

In the spring of 1915, McCrae noticed numerous red poppies emerging from the surrounding war-ravaged battlefields. It was then he took pen in hand and composed this renowned poem.

OTTAWA — Canadians know that Flanders Fields contain poppies, but whether they grow or blow is in question with the issuing of a new $10 bill. The new currency, in circulation since Jan. 17, has ...

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders' Fields. -Poem by John McCrae According to the American Legion, the poppy flourished in Europe after World War I.

If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow. Inspired by McCrae’s poem, an American woman, Moina Michael, wore poppies to honor the war dead.

Soon after his friend was buried, wild poppies started to bloom on the makeshift graves of those who lost their lives. McCrae’s poem is now one of the most popular poems from that era and speaks ...