Oliver<p>This May 3rd marked the 110th anniversary of the day Lt. Colonel John <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/McCrae" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#McCrae</a> wrote his famous poem <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/InFlandersFields" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#InFlandersFields</a> during the Second Battle of Ypres while mourning the loss of his friend Lt. Alexis Helmer.<br><br>John McCrae, MD (1872–1918), being a physician and a soldier, wrote this moving poem which still shows the feelings and emotions soldiers had to deal with in these days: „In Flanders Fields“, a piece of wonderful art created in the horrible setting of The Great War on May 3rd, 1915 - 109 years ago. <br><br>Lest we forget…<br><br><a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/battleofypres" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#battleofypres</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/flandersfields1418" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#flandersfields1418</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/travellingthroughtheworld" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#travellingthroughtheworld</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#history</a> 🇧🇪 <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/visitbelgium" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#visitbelgium</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ww1ww2historywarfronts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ww1ww2historywarfronts</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ww1_stories" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ww1_stories</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/commonwealthwargraves" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#commonwealthwargraves</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ww11418lestweforget" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ww11418lestweforget</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/lestweforget" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#lestweforget</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/brothers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#brothers</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/flandersfields" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#flandersfields</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/respect" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#respect</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/thanks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#thanks</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ig_belgium" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ig_belgium</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ypres" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ypres</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ieper" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ieper</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/thegreatwar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#thegreatwar</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/flanders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#flanders</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/visitflanders" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#visitflanders</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/ww1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#ww1</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/poppies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#poppies</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/stadieper" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#stadieper</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/visitieper" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#visitieper</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/passionww1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#passionww1</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/poem" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/johnmccrae1915" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#johnmccrae1915</a> <a href="https://photos.skumring.com/tags/johnmccraeinflandersfieldswherepoppiesgrow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" target="_blank">#johnmccraeinflandersfieldswherepoppiesgrow</a></p>