🏛️ Chapter 3: Canada's History
Who wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields", and in what year?
Correct answer: Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, in 1915
A General Sir Arthur Currie, in 1918
B Sir Robert Borden, in 1917
✓ Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, in 1915
D Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in 1915
💡 Explanation
McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, wrote it in 1915, and it is still read out on Remembrance Day.
Key facts to remember
- Remembrance Day falls on 11 November each year
- Canadians wear a red poppy and keep a moment of silence
- Silence at the eleventh hour, eleventh day, eleventh month
- Honours over a million who served and 110,000 who died
- "In Flanders Fields" was written in 1915
- Its author was Canadian medical officer Lt.-Col. John McCrae
- Its images: poppies, rows of crosses, larks, a torch passed on
- The poem is often recited on Remembrance Day
Why this is the answer
From the official Discover Canada study guide — 3.5.3 Remembrance Day:
November 11 is Remembrance Day. On that date each year Canadians think of the veterans and the brave fallen from every war in which Canada has taken part, right up to today. A red poppy is worn. The moment of silence comes at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month. It honours more than a million men and women who served, and the 110,000 among them who lost their lives.
The poem most closely tied to this day is "In Flanders Fields." It was written in 1915 by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer. The poem pictures poppies growing between rows of crosses that mark soldiers' graves, larks still singing above the noise of the guns, and the dead handing a torch to the living and asking them to keep faith. It is often recited on Remembrance Day.
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