“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 ...

The new $10 bill has prompted scores of complaints from Canadians who maintain that the poem has been misprinted; that the first line should be "In Flanders fields the poppies grow."This, in turn ...

In Flanders Fields marks its 105th anniversary this year. Lt.-Col. John McCrae, serving as a medical officer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, wrote the poem in the spring of 1915 as the First ...

And there is perhaps no more special place on Earth to spend the days leading up to Nov. 11 than Flanders Fields, a region in northwestern Belgium steeped in First World War history — and the ...

Flanders Fields, Belgium, 1915: Poppies, the hue of human blood, blow in the gentle breeze. The scarlet blooms decorate thousands of Allied soldier graves.

In Flanders fields." Correction at 2:45 p.m. ET: Our thanks to reader Joni Pepin, for suggesting in the comments thread that we were mistaken in saying that poppies were traditionally warn in the ...

In Flanders Fields was hardly the only poem penned out of the emotion of the First World War. But its vivid imagery and the haunting evocation of men whose lives were lost have given it a lasting ...

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 ...

On the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, EU leaders will meet at Flanders Fields Museum. They'll have an opportunity to reflect on what can happen when nations fail to find common ground.

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 ...

In this photo taken on Nov. 12, 2013, a red poppy on a wooden remembrance cross lays above a bronze plaque which contains the poem In Flanders Fields by World War I Canadian soldier John McCrae at ...