Menin Gate Last Post ceremony

All Quiet on the Western Front

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August 16th 2011
When we planned this trip we wanted to include a visit to Trois Arbres Cemetery near the France/Belgium border where an uncle who was killed in World War One is buried. Today we made this visit, taking time first to go into the nearby village of Steenwerck and look about, as well as visit the Information Centre where we were given good advice on how to find this particular cemetery. We found the ... read more

Europe » Belgium » West Flanders » Ypres

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more