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 ...

Over 15,000 Canadians traveled to the Flanders Fields – West Flanders region of Belgium in 2017 up nearly 120% over 2016. “We knew the centennial commemorations would have an impact however, we didn’t ...

In this Saturday, May 3, 2014 photo, poppies blow near a barbed wire fence in Geluwe, Belgium. Red poppies were first symbolized as a means of remembrance by Canadian World War I soldier and surgeon ...

BRUSSELS -- Over 50 scouts from across Belgium converged in Waregem, a city located in the heart of Flanders Fields, Belgium, Nov. 11 at the eleventh hour, to honor veterans during the 99th ...

IEPER, Belgium — “The best way to carry out good propaganda,” wrote the late British Cabinet Minister Richard Crossman, “is never to appear to be carrying it out at all.” Crossman’s words echo through ...

More than a century later, a World War I soldier who disappeared at the height of the bloodbath in 1917 was laid to rest in Europe on Wednesday. Pvt. Robert Kenneth Malcolm, a stretcher bearer with ...

CHIÈVRES, Belgium -- On Oct. 27, in Waregem, Belgium, the Flanders Field American Cemetery hosted a ceremony to observe the centennial of American operations in Belgium during World War I. Ronald J.

Let us look back at that moment in time. We find the Canadian army physician, John McCrae, working in a dugout in the side of a hill, his dressing station. Near the dressing station are graves in a ...

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 (AP) — 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 ...