| − | ''In Flanders Fields'' is a well-known war poem written by Canadian soldier John McRae during the [[First World War]]. It was inspired by a war cemetery in France where wild poppies grew between the grave markers. MacRae wrote the poem after conducting the funeral ceremony of a friend who was killed during an [[artillery]] bombardment in the [[Ypres Salient]] in 1915.<ref>http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm</ref> | + | '''"In Flanders Fields"''' is a well-known war poem written by Canadian soldier John McRae during the [[First World War]]. It was inspired by a war cemetery in France where wild poppies grew between the grave markers. MacRae wrote the poem after conducting the funeral ceremony of a friend who was killed during an [[artillery]] bombardment in the [[Ypres Salient]] in 1915.<ref>http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/flanders.htm</ref> |