are all that are buried there unknown?
2006-11-07 17:54:21 · 7 answers · asked by grammamags 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
Flanders Fields refers to Flanders in Belgium's. It comes from the famous poem by John McCrae
More specially it refers to the front line going from the Belgian coast via the Yser (Belgian Army) to Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) (British Empire) to the French frontier.
For the British people it is especially Ypres, Menin (Menen) and Passendale.
There are a lot of cemeteries around these towns where a lot of soldiers are buried. Know and unknown side by side.
The unknown soldiers (without a known grave) are mentioned on the Menin Gate (54,896 names and still there was not enough place) and at Tyne Cott cemetery (34,984 names).
Since 1928 the Belgian people of Ypres play every evening at 8 pm the last post in memory of these soldiers. This was only interrupted when the Germans in WW2 occupied the town. The evening that the Menin Gate was liberated in 1944 the "Last Post" was played again (even when at other places in the town still was some heavy figthing going on).
If you visit Flanders Fields, go to the "Last Post" ceremony, except when you have totally no feelings, you will be moved by it.
About Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial (American). The Americans named it after the poem and not the poem after the cemetery. Wickypedia is this time not complete as every British, Belgian or Canadian can tell you. When the poem was written, the American were still neutral.
2006-11-09 11:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Rik 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where Is Flanders
2016-10-02 02:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Where is Flanders Fields?
are all that are buried there unknown?
2015-08-18 08:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by Alic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is a cemetery in Flanders, Belgium, for 368 American soldiers who died in battle in World War I. Most of these American military personnel died while liberating Belgium during the war.
Canadian John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields", one of the most memorable war poems ever written, references Flanders Field.
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2006-11-07 18:02:46 · answer #4 · answered by drpam52 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Belgium
2006-11-07 17:56:11 · answer #5 · answered by garfield 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flanders Fields is a real person who was last seen in Jamacia, partying with Waldo.
2006-11-07 18:02:23 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I believe it's in France. I don't believe all are unknown but it's nearly impossible to know all who actually died there. God Bless Them All.
2006-11-07 17:58:25 · answer #7 · answered by tequillajenny 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://www.inflandersfields.be/default2.htm
2006-11-07 18:00:19 · answer #8 · answered by CROSS 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋