The Poem Written in the Mud: 'In Flanders Fields,' 1915
On May 3, 1915, Canadian doctor John McCrae wrote 'In Flanders Fields' beside a battlefield grave — and gave the world the remembrance poppy.
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There Is No Joy in Mudville: Baseball's Most Famous Poem
On June 3, 1888, the San Francisco Examiner printed Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat," the most famous baseball poem ever written.