A person looking for battlefields will never run out of places to visit, especially in Europe. One of the most interesting is around the ancient city of Ypres ("Ieper" to the Belgians), located in ...

1,043 American soldiers perished in Belgium during World War I, 368 of whom are interred at Flanders Field American Cemetery. Today, Memorial Day, we remember their courage—and the courage of all ...

Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw ...

YPRES, Belgium – Crimson poppies still dance in the breeze as if nothing horrific happened in Flanders Fields. But a century after the start of World War I, the flowers endure as a symbol of war dead, ...

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS SET TO HONOR SEVERAL HUNDRED AMERICANS WHO DIED IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR ONE WHEN HE VISITS FLANDERS FIELD AMERICAN CEMETERY IN BELGIUM ON WEDNESDAY. FLANDERS FIELD IS THE ...

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CHIÈVRES, Belgium -- Americans, Dutch and Belgians honored their brother in arms during Memorial Day ceremonies May 26 and 27. The ceremonies took place at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupré, ...

Upon reading Jack Brubaker’s May 24 article “2 men with local ties buried in Flanders Field Cemetery,” I was prompted to pull out my grandmother’s copy of “A Treasury of the Familiar” to look up the ...