For a small country, Belgium has quite a few outsized attractions. It is known for beautifully preserved medieval cities, the cosmopolitan European Union capital of Brussels, dense green forests and a ...

Text of President Barack Obama's remarks at Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial, site of a significant World War I battle in northwest Belgium, as provided by the White House: Your Majesty ...

1,043 American soldiers perished in Belgium during World War I, 368 of whom are interred at Flanders Field American Cemetery. Today, Memorial Day, we remember their courage—and the courage of all ...

Over 15,000 Canadians traveled to the Flanders Fields – West Flanders region of Belgium in 2017 up nearly 120% over 2016. “We knew the centennial commemorations would have an impact however, we didn’t ...

IEPER, Belgium — “The best way to carry out good propaganda,” wrote the late British Cabinet Minister Richard Crossman, “is never to appear to be carrying it out at all.” Crossman’s words echo through ...

BRUSSELS -- 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 ...

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 in ...

President Obama paid tribute Wednesday to those who gave their lives during the First World War a century ago, walking among the crosses at Flanders Field in Belgium. "The lessons of that war speak to ...

More than a century later, a World War I soldier who disappeared at the height of the bloodbath in 1917 was laid to rest in Europe on Wednesday. Pvt. Robert Kenneth Malcolm, a stretcher bearer with ...

YPRES, Belgium -- A World War I soldier finally found his resting place on Wednesday after he went missing at the height of the carnage in 1917 and his remains were found four years ago. The brutality ...