Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, artillery officer, physician and poet, wrote “In Flanders Fields” at the height of the Second battle of Ypres, one of the most bitter battles of WWI, on May 3rd 1915.
A $350,000 Fundraising Campaign for the statue to be erected in Ottawa, is an initiative of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery and its Association.
All Canadians can help to ensure that this iconic Canadian, his work and sacrifice are remembered on the centenary of the writing of “In Flanders Fields” on May 3rd 2015.
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