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🌺 Lest We Forget 🌺

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian physician, soldier, and poet, penned the iconic poem “In Flanders Fields” during the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915. Serving as a brigade-surgeon with the Canadian Field Artillery near Ypres, Belgium, McCrae witnessed the unimaginable suffering of war. The death of his close friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, deeply affected him. In the absence of a chaplain, McCrae conducted Helmer’s burial service himself amid the chaos of the battlefield.🌹

The following day, moved by grief and the sight of red poppies blooming among the soldiers’ graves, McCrae composed “In Flanders Fields.” The poem captures the voice of the fallen, urging the living to carry on their unfinished fight and to remember the sacrifice made in the name of freedom.🌺

First published in December 1915 in Punch magazine, the poem quickly became one of the most recognized works of World War I. Its powerful imagery and emotional depth inspired the adoption of the red poppy as a universal symbol of remembrance, worn each year to honor the fallen and a symbol that endures to this day.❤️

Today, over a century later, “In Flanders Fields” continues to hold a place of honour in Remembrance Day ceremonies around the world, As the poppies bloom and the words of McCrae’s poem are recited, we are reminded of the immense courage, sacrifice, and humanity of those who served. A solemn reminder of the cost of freedom and the duty to remember

The legacy of John McCrae’s words remains undiminished. They serve not only as a tribute to those who fell but also as a timeless call to uphold the values for which they fought — duty, freedom, and peace.🕊️

🕊️ At the going down of the sun and in the morning → we will remember them.🌺

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