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“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae

A doctor's poem to his dead friend sparks a movement

“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae was inspired by World War I, which was known sadly and incorrectly as the war to end all wars. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was assassinated while touring … Continue reading

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