~ John McCrae Quotes ~

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John McCrae Quotes


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

Here are some famous quotes by John McCrae. 

In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row That mark our place and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard among the guns below.

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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 high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep though poppies grow In Flanders' fields.