Just three days after returning from Greece, Veronica went on a whole day (8 a.m. to midnight) field trip with all of Year 9 (8th grade) as part of their WWI studies in history. Reading about the devastation of trench warfare is one thing, but it adds such a level of understanding after visiting several of the 150 military WWI cemeteries and the trenches.
They traveled to
Ypres in western Belgium, where almost 500,000 soldiers died in the trenches and No Man’s Land surrounding the city between 1914 to 1918. The Germans introduced mass destruction weapons here for the first time in the form of chlorine gas. Ypres was completely wiped out as the Western Front was just a few miles away from the center; it was rebuilt according to original designs as closely as possible. The trip went so late because they stayed for the nightly ceremony at the
Menin Gate Memorial to sound
Last Post (similar to
Taps) for the nearly 55,000 soldiers who died without known graves. My knowledge of WWI is pretty limited, so I hope to have a chance to visit as well.
Just three days after returning from Greece, Veronica went on a whole day (8 a.m. to midnight) field trip with all of Year 9 (8th grade) as part of their WWI studies in history. Reading about the devastation of trench warfare is one thing, but it adds such a level of understanding after visiting several of the 150 military WWI cemeteries and the trenches. 
They traveled to Ypres in western Belgium, where almost 500,000 soldiers died in the trenches and No Man’s Land surrounding the city between 1914 to 1918. The Germans introduced mass destruction weapons here for the first time in the form of chlorine gas. Ypres was completely wiped out as the Western Front was just a few miles away from the center; it was rebuilt according to original designs as closely as possible. The trip went so late because they stayed for the nightly ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial to sound Last Post (similar to Taps) for the nearly 55,000 soldiers who died without known graves. My knowledge of WWI is pretty limited, so I hope to have a chance to visit as well.
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Wow! This kind of experience really brings home the feeling of being there. Great educational experience.
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