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 ...

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 ...

John McCrae’s world-famous poem, reflecting on the enormous sacrifices of the First World War, will be recited countless times this Remembrance Day, as it is every year. It’s etched into the hearts of ...