From 2014 onwards through 2018 Flanders will commemorate the Centennial of World War I.

The landscape of the region still tells the story of the war with hundreds of monuments and cemeteries of great significance to many nations.

Everyone is moved by a visit to Flanders Fields. Homes and fields were turned into battlefields, entire cities were destroyed and a million soldiers were wounded, missing or killed in action.

The new In Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper is a good introduction to a visit of Flanders Fields. In addition to the museum, visitors also have the opportunity to climb the Bell tower to experience the extraordinary view on the once devastated region. www.inflandersfields.be

In the city of Ieper, nightly since the end of World War I, with the exception of the four WWII years, the ‘Last Post’ is sounded at the Menin Gate. It is a moving ceremony held at 8 PM.

The opening event on October 17, 2014 ‘The Light Front 2014’, will be a human chain of lights from the coastal city of Nieuwpoort to the valley of the Lys River.

Did you know...

...that it was Moina Michael (August 15, 1869 - May 10, 1944) an American professor and humanitarian who conceived the idea of using poppies as a symbol of remembrance for those who served in World War I?

...that on the 30th of May 1927, Charles A. Lindberg flew over the American cemetery in Waregem, Flanders with The Spirit of St. Louis to salute his fallen countrymen and drop poppies on the Memorial Day ceremonies being held below? He did this just 9 days after he completed his historic solo trans-Atlantic flight



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