News

Malcolm, from Stockton-on-Tees in the United Kingdom, went missing at the age of 23 in 1917. His remains were recovered in 2019.
YPRES, Belgium -- A World War I soldier finally found his resting place on Wednesday after he went missing at the height of the carnage in 1917 and his remains were found four years ago.
The students of north Belgium's University of Ghent (enrollment 2,500) had no sooner heard the last words of the announcement than they began grumbling ominously. Their mild-mannered Rector ...
Our route is one of the Flanders region’s four beer cycling trails, and the one we have chosen is where Belgium’s beer heritage and its First World War history intersect.
The illegal commercial broadcasts (Belgium’s official radio network is state-owned and noncommercial) are nourishing because of a genial conspiracy between the broadcasters and listeners ...
Barack Obama figures in this tradition, too: It started 10 years ago when he placed a wreath at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium.
IN FLANDERS FIELDS: 'The torch; be yours to hold it high' Fallen indigenous soldiers and veterans will be a focal point of this year’s Remembrance Day ceremonies in Belgium ...
Flanders Field was a common name for battlefields in Belgium and France. In Europe, unlike America where bodies often are returned, the tradition is to bury the dead near where they fell.
YPRES, Belgium (AP) — A World War I soldier finally found his resting place on Wednesday after he went missing at the height of the carnage in 1917 and his remains were found four years ago. The ...