Scotiana

Ken McGoogan, Harper Collins, First Edition 2010

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In reading Mairiuna’s very moving post “In Flanders Fields…Lest We Forget…“, a question came to my mind: when did John Alexander McCrae’s ancestors emigrated to Canada?
Glancing through the bookshelves of my library, looking for a reference book that could answer this question, I stumbled upon Ken McGoogan’s  book “How [...]

November 11-1918 at 11:00 am, a day to remember…

John McCrae, a canadian physician, grandson of Scottish immigrants, appointed as a field surgeon in the Canadian Artillery during WWI is the author behind the most memorable war poem of his time.
Even though he practised medicine for several years and served in the South African war, Dr [...]