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the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium. The memorial to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient in WW1 and whose graves are unknown, is carved with 55000 names. Every evening at 8pm there is a ceremony of remembrance, with the last post being blown by three trumpeters, and wreaths are laid.

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Uploaded on August 13, 2022
Taken on June 16, 2022