The weekend of Memorial Day is a time to remember those who ... Poppies symbolize the bloodshed on battlefields after a wartime poem "In Flanders Fields" was written by Lieutenant Colonel John ...

In Flanders Field is a famous poem. Written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. John McCrae was a Canadian field surgeon. He wrote the poem after his friend was killed in battle. He wrote a famous ...

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive ... by the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the ...