An Excuse To Drink – May 3, 1915: “In Flanders Fields” Written by John McCrae

  On this date 100 years ago during the early days of World War I, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae penned the words of his immortal poem “In Flanders Fields”: In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between... The post An Excuse To Drink – May 3, 1915: “In Flanders Fields” Written by John McCrae appeared first on A History of Drinking.

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