Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

Watch: Poppies float down from Menin Gate during Armistice ceremony in Belgium

Watch: Poppies float down from Menin Gate during Armistice ceremony in Belgium
Copyright 
By APTN
Published on
Share Comments
Share Close Button
Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Copy to clipboard Copied

Poppies floated down from the ceiling of the Menin Gate war memorial in Belgium on Sunday during a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the ending of the World War I.

Poppies floated down from the ceiling of the Menin Gate war memorial in Belgium on Sunday during a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the ending of the World War I.

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

The memorial is dedicated to British and Commonwealth soldiers who died fighting around Ypres during World War I.

Its ceiling lists the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died before 16 August 1917 and have no known grave.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share Comments

Read more

Belgian court suspends new asylum rules in blow to 'strictest migration policy yet'

Belgium summons US ambassador in dispute over antisemitism accusations

Greenpeace unveils Trump and Putin effigies in Brussels, urges EU to end fossil fuel dependence