Maclean’s: 100 years of ‘In Flanders Fields’
To celebrate the centennial of In Flanders Fields, The Vimy Foundation, a charity dedicated to preserving Canada’s First World War history, called upon 100,000 Canadian children to recite it in the week leading up to Remembrance Day. Maclean’s got on board with the project and asked children in Toronto to read the poem. Have a listen to these young bards as they recount a 100-year-old story of remembrance.
Poppies in full bloom in a field on a hilltop near Sommepy-Tahure, France on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The red poppy has been used as a symbol since 1920 to commemorate soldiers who have died in war. It’s use was Inspired by the World War I poem “In Flanders Fields” by Canadian soldier John McCrae. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)