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1. On this day, November 30. 1872, Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae was born. (November 30, 1872 January 28, 1918)
He was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem In Flanders Fields.
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...
2. This poem was literally born of fire and blood during the hottest phase of the second battle of Ypres Just as (McCrae) describes, we often heard in the mornings the larks singing high in the air, between the crash of the shell and the reports of the guns in the battery just beside us.
As stated by John McCraes close friend and former Ottawa newspaper editor, Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Edward Morrison.
3. Today, "The larks, still bravely singing, fly," yet one must mourn the passing of an America that stood for rewarding ability and success....and has given way to collectivism and victimology.
Once a religious nation, now " the crosses, row on row," remembering those soldiers who gave all to support that which is no longer.
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.
In Flanders Fields - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the battle of Ypres. He is best known for writing the famous war memorial poem In Flanders Fields.
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...
2. This poem was literally born of fire and blood during the hottest phase of the second battle of Ypres Just as (McCrae) describes, we often heard in the mornings the larks singing high in the air, between the crash of the shell and the reports of the guns in the battery just beside us.
As stated by John McCraes close friend and former Ottawa newspaper editor, Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Edward Morrison.
3. Today, "The larks, still bravely singing, fly," yet one must mourn the passing of an America that stood for rewarding ability and success....and has given way to collectivism and victimology.
Once a religious nation, now " the crosses, row on row," remembering those soldiers who gave all to support that which is no longer.
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.
In Flanders Fields - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia