Last Post at Menin Gate, Ypres

WWI Battlefields on Facebook, July 9th:

Tonight it will be the 30,000th occasion on which the Last Post has been played at the Menin Gate: a very special evening in Ypres.

I have attended the Last Port at Menin Gate several times. It never ceases to be impressive and heart-wrenching.

World War I, and especially the Ypres Salient, has always held a special sway over me. It is not the general fascination I have for (military) history, but a much greater impact that I cannot put into words. Not yet, but one day.

Take care,