Yesterday’s post about Dr. John McCrae’s poem is followed by a discovery of a poem written in response to it.
Frank Hering’s poem as it appeared in the Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War.
The poem by Frank E. Hering appeared in the Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War which was published in 1921.
This appeared in the Phi Gamma Delta magazine.
Hering was an initiate of the Phi Gamma Delta chapter at Bucknell University. In addition to being known as the “Father of Notre Dame football,” he had a hand in making Mother’s Day a holiday. The Fraternal Order of Eagles recognized him as the “Father of Mother’s Day.” He began giving speeches about the idea as early as 1904.
From the Phi Gamma Delta website
