Fields of Freedom Kohler, Haldimand County

The Story of The Poem "In Flanders Fields" and the Red Poppies that We Wear.

Throughout History, the scarlet corn poppy has been a symbol of life. But after the publication of "In Flanders Fields" in 1915, it became a universal symbol of remembrance.

Linda Granfield's The Story of the Poem by John McCrae, illustrated by Janet Wilson, Lester Publishing, 1999.