John McCrae Quotes

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Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from failing hands we throw The torch be yours to hold it ...

In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on rowThat mark our place; and in the sk...

In Flanders Fields: Poem

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In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row That mark our place and in th...

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John McCrae

Lieutenant colonel

Born: 1872-11-30

Died: 1918-01-28

Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD (30 November 1872 – 28 January 1918) was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I. He is famous for writing the war memorial poem "In Flanders Fields".More