The poppy is the recognized symbol of remembrance for war dead in Canada, the British Commonwealth and the United States. The flower owes its significance to the poem, “In Flanders Fields”, written by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a surgeon during the First World War.
From its original publication in 1915 to the present, McCrae’s poem found a wide audience. It is still memorized by students and is often read aloud at remembrance ceremonies.
This print depicts the famous poem, framed in a field of poppies.
