Showing posts with label Flanders Fields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flanders Fields. Show all posts

27 November 2018

Yser Museum Belgium and World War I




A 275-foot tower rises above Flanders Fields. I was there on a clear day, which affords broad views of the old battlescape ––Nieuwpoort, Passhendaele, Ypres, Poperinge, Ploegsteert.





There are 22 floors in the museum, which help visitors thinks about the people and the land, which experienced so much destruction. In between the carnage and memories of lost loved ones, are photos of those who offered sustenance and messages of peace.




The size of some displays provokes the sort of thinking that’s hard to experience when reading a book or glancing at an old photo.







Shells as Urns













In addition to lessons of war and peace, we can learn about Flemish culture (Read More).



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