Flanders Fields, Belgium, 1915: Poppies, the hue of human blood, blow in the gentle breeze. The scarlet blooms decorate thousands of Allied soldier graves.

Over 50 scouts from across Belgium converged in Waregem, a city located in the heart of Flanders Fields, Belgium, Nov. 11 at the eleventh hour, to honor veterans during the 99th anniversary of the ...

IF YOU GO INFORMATION For information about the In Flanders Fields Museum, contact the Belgium Tourist Office, 780 3rd Ave., Suite 1501, New York, NY 10017; 212-758-8130; www.visitbelgium.com.

Today, cyclists crisscross these same fields and farmers plow around monuments honoring the first gas victims. On Tuesday, the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Organization for the Prohibition of ...

On the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I, EU leaders will meet at Flanders Fields Museum. They'll have an opportunity to reflect on what can happen when nations fail to find common ground.

In Flanders Fields” is one of the most famous war poems of all time. Canadian John McCrae composed the verses after watching a close friend die on a Belgian battlefield in May 1915.

IEPER, Belgium — Eighty-five years after the guns fell silent on the Western Front, memories of World War I linger in the fields of Flanders. This area saw some of the most brutal trench warfare ...

April 22, 2015 marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of chemical warfare at Flanders Fields in France. After World War I German forces first used chlorine gas on British, French, Canadian ...

Flanders Field was named after Charles L. Flanders, the leader of the group of Marietta residents who purchased the land in 1921. Each of his 14 associates contributed $500 for a total of $7,000 ...