Canada: World War and John Mccrae

canada: John McCrae after the Second Battle of Ypres, according to The Toronto Star. Many Canadians understand the First World War as the birth of modern Canada, as the country took more ownership over its own affairs and demanded and was given respect for the price it paid at Vimy, Passchendaele and other battlefields. There will be the red poppies pinned to lapels, and the haunting words of In Flanders Field, penned by Lt.-Col. Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo There will be the National War Memorial, originally built to commemorate the 60,000 Canadians who died during the war, and Remembrance Day itself, which has been recognized every Nov. 11 the day the Great War ended since 1931. That's because while the war ushered in many changes as the country pulled together during those four bloody years in a way it never had before, it also created deep divides and challenges some of which remain today. Yet the enduring impact is felt in countless other ways as well, many of them subtle and not all of them positive, despite the popular refrain that Canada came into its own as a country during the First World War. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.