This May 3rd marked the 110th anniversary of the day Lt. Colonel John #McCrae wrote his famous poem #InFlandersFields 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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This May marked the 109th anniversary of the day Lt. Colonel John #McCrae wrote his famous poem #InFlandersFields 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…

#battleofypres #flandersfields1418 #travellingthroughtheworld #history 🇧🇪 #visitbelgium #ww1ww2historywarfronts #ww1_stories #commonwealthwargraves #ww11418lestweforget #lestweforget #canada #brothers #flandersfields #respect #thanks #ig_belgium #ypres #ieper #thegreatwar #flanders #visitflanders #ww1 #poppies #stadieper #visitieper #passionww1 #poem⁣ #johnmccrae1915 #johnmccraeinflandersfieldswherepoppiesgrow⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣#pixelfedbelgium

This May marks the 108th anniversary of the day Lt. Colonel John #McCrae wrote his famous poem #InFlandersFields 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 - 107 years ago.⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣

Lest we forget…

#battleofypres #flandersfields1418 #travellingthroughtheworld #history 🇧🇪 #visitbelgium #ww1ww2historywarfronts #ww1_stories #commonwealthwargraves #ww11418lestweforget #lestweforget #canada #brothers #flandersfields #respect #thanks #ig_belgium #ypres #ieper #thegreatwar #flanders #visitflanders #ww1 #poppies #stadieper #visitieper #passionww1 #poem⁣ #johnmccrae1915 #johnmccraeinflandersfieldswherepoppiesgrow⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣#pixelfedbelgium