One of the things that is tough on the road is coming up with ways to keep the kids interested in school work. We’ve found that they both love making videos.  Recently, we took a drive over to Belgium to check out Ypres – an area where there were some pretty significant First World War battles – and we made this video.  Hope you enjoy.

Shawn

Description:

In this video we explore the location (Ypres, Belgium) where John McCrae wrote his famous poem “In Flanders Fields” in 1915. We provide footage of what the site looks like today, and share the story of what was happening in 1915 when he wrote the poem.

We also visit the site where he is buried in northern France. Although John McCrae made it through the battles at Ypres, he would not make it home from the First World War. He died in January of 1918.