Poppies float down at Menin Gate during ceremony marking Armistice centenary
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(11 Nov 2018) Poppies floated down from the ceiling of the Menin Gate war memorial in Belgium on Sunday during a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the ending of the First World War. The memorial is dedicated to British and Commonwealth soldiers who died fighting around Ypres during World War I. Its ceiling lists the names of more than 54,000 soldiers who died before 16 August 1917 and have no known grave. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/8d17ab1967729309dff214067fbf647c
