Ieper, Belgium
Menenstraat
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Incredible cemetery to honor the lives of 600,000 soldiers, it’s beautiful but haunting but worth visiting if you’re interesting in war history and the site immaculately maintained and very pleasant. Really opens your eyes to how different life could be...
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Peaceful, but so sad, my heart weeps at every visit. Wander amongst the grave stones, and pause at everyone, those buried there, gave their lives for us, we must not forget them.
Something about this cemetery moved me greatly, maybe more than Tyne Cot. It is very somber and so quiet except for the odd bit of bird song. If you visit here then go and spend some time on the bench under a small tree on the right hand edge about halfway down. I found it very emotional and moving. What really struck me here was the very high percentage and concentration of headstones with simply the line \A soldier of the great war known unto God\. No name, no regiment, no country. It is a small but powerfull reminder of the cost of war. EVERY school child should be bought to Pashendale and shown Tyne Cot, Hooge Crator and the Menin Gate but also one of the German cemeteries and memorials like Langemark and drum into these kids heads that this is the only thing that comes from war! ***Advice*** It is more powerful to walk this cemetery by yourself away from your group or family etc. Take your time to wonder where you feel drawn. ***NOTE***I strongly advise you to take a small wooden British Legion cross with you as I guarantee you will feel drawn to and want lay one at a chosen grave. Take a pen and write a message, note, or prayer on the back that will be known only to you. (They do sell them over the road at the restaurant/shop or you can pick one up in Ypres from the RBL shop just down from the Menin Gate if you forget or if you want another.)
An impressive memorial to the fallen where we happened to find a family member we did not know of in the register.
Well maintained cemetery. Quite big too.
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