Closed for Remembrance Day

In Flanders Fields Manuscript

McCrae jotted down this most famous of war poems in 20 minutes during the Battle of Ypres.

The Act of Remembrance

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

“We will remember them.”

Remembrance Day Services:

Baddeck

Victoria Branch 53, The Royal Canadian Legion

37 Ross Street

Baddeck, NS B0E 1B0

November 11, 10:00 AM

Iona

Meet at the Cenotaph prior to 10:30 AM on Nov. 11th to join the parade to St. Columba Church for the Remembrance Day Service. Upon completion of the service and wreath laying, there will be a reception and luncheon at the Legion Hall. Everyone is welcome.

One of history’s most famous wartime poems, “In Flanders Fields” was written during the First World War by Canadian officer and surgeon John McCrae.

Marsh, James H.. “In Flanders Fields”. The Canadian Encyclopedia, 24 February 2016, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/in-flanders-fields. Accessed 07 November 2024.