John McCrae

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    How to Wear a Remembrance Poppy

    November 1, 2011 by Sharon Adams
    It’s near the middle of the 2012 remembrance period and even though the poppy has been a symbol of remembrance since 1921, some people are stumped about poppy etiquette.The first question is when it’s proper to start wearing the poppy.  The poppy can be seen...
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    Where Poppies Blow

    July 21, 2009 by Tom MacGregor
    During the war, John McCrae became friends with a casualty named Bonneau. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—C46284 Exhausted and despairing of the endless carnage being brought into his makeshift operating room, then Major John McCrae of the Canadian Army Medical Corps was doing his best...