Ypres Salient Events
Daily Last Post Ceremony
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Every Day — 20:00 hours
The Menin Gate, Ieper
At 8 o'clock (20.00 hours) every evening the traffic through the Menin Gate is stopped and one or more buglers play the Last Post followed by Reveille in a moving ceremony that has rarely been interrupted since the First World War.
Details of the Last Post CeremonyMonthly Last Post Ceremony - Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
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Every 1st Friday of the month — 19:00 hours
Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
The Last Post is played at the memorial on the first Friday of every month at 7 p.m. The ceremony was first started on the 7th June 1999 and is run by the Comité du Memorial de Ploegsteert.
Ploegsteert Memorial location and descriptionToiling for War
until 15 August 2010
In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper (Ypres)
As from 1917 around 140,000 Chinese workers were brought to the First World War in Europe. The Chinese performed hard labour behind the front. This work did not end with the Armistice. Indeed, the coolies were used to clear ammunition and rubble and to bury the dead until the beginning of 1920. For the Chinese the war in Europe was a unique experience that left many memory traces. In Flanders many Chinese gravestones, and also countless popular stories remind us of this Chinese presence. The exhibition brings this forgotten yet enthralling chapter of the First World War back to life with films, photos and many objects from Belgium and abroad.
Photograph courtesy of In Flanders Fields Museum
More Force Than Necessary
until 10 October 2010
In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper (Ypres)
The In Flanders Fields Museum invited the young Brazilian artist Rodrigo Braga as Artist-in-Residence.
About Fritz Haber
23 October 2010 until 2 January 2011
In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper (Ypres)
2010 commemorates the 95th anniversary of the first gas attack on 22 April 1915. The devisor of this German offensive weapon was the Jewish chemist Fritz Haber. The young Belgian cartoon artist David Vandermeulen has been fascinated by Haber's dramatic life for many years. In a beautifully drawn series of five albums Vandermeulen sketches the life of Haber and his time. Peripherally, the debate further discusses the relationship between science and war, with a theatre performance, a debate and a film devoted to Haber.
Annual Armistice Day Commemoration Events
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Thursday 11th November 2010
Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, St. George's Church, St. Martin's Cathedral, Ieper
A number of commemorative events take place annually in Ypres to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day on 11th November 1918. The events include morning church services, a special Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing and an afternoon concert in St. Martin's cathedral.
Annual Armistice Day Commemoration Events in YpresRe-opening of the Renovated In Flanders Fields Museum
1 April 2012
In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper (Ypres)
From 1st December 2010 the museum will undergo a thorough facelift as part of a major renovation. In Flanders Fields Museum will be completely closed to the public for two periods (1st December 2010 to 31st January 2011 and 19th September 2010 to 31st March 2012). The floorspace of the museum will be extended to include the Documentation Centre within the same building.
Image courtesy of In Flanders Fields Museum
Ieper Events Information
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