This image shows a plaque displaying the famous poem "In Flanders Fields" written by John McCrae. The plaque has embossed gold lettering on a dark background. Below the poem, there's additional text noting historical context: - The poem was written during the height of the Second Battle of Ypres on 3rd May 1915. - John McCrae was a brigade-surgeon of the 1st Canadian Field Artillery. - McCrae died on 28th January 1918 and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, where a stone memorial seat is erected in his memory. The poem itself articulates the experience of World War I and expresses mourning for the fallen soldiers, symbolized through the image of poppies growing between crosses marking the graves.
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This May 3rd marked the 110th anniversary of the day Lt. Colonel John wrote his famous poem during the Second Battle of Ypres while mourning the loss of his friend Lt. Alexis Helmer.

John McCrae, MD (1872–1918), being a physician and a soldier, wrote this moving poem which still shows the feelings and emotions soldiers had to deal with in these days: „In Flanders Fields“, a piece of wonderful art created in the horrible setting of The Great War on May 3rd, 1915 - 109 years ago.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣

Lest we forget…

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