August 27 A brilliant installation containing 888,246 ceramic poppies surrounds the Tower of London through November 11, 1914 which is the 96th anniversary of the end of the ‘Great War,’ also the ‘War to End All Wars.’ Artist Paul Cummins did the work in remembrance of those soldiers listed officially as dead from the United […]
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Start Your Private Tour Fresh with Our New Arrival Early Program
November 15 Why waste a day of your private tour being lost in the fog of jetlag? Everyone encounters extreme weariness on their first day, no matter if they fly up in the nose of the plane or in Row 34. The reality of being able to sleep on the airplane is that very few […]
Somber Visit to the Western Front at Ieper, Belgium
May 30 We took our guest Dennis Duffy to Ieper and to the portion of the Western Front near Ieper on May 29. Every day is Memorial Day in Ieper, site of intense battles and barbaric destruction of life and property during the “Great War” of 1914-1918. Ieper was totally destroyed by many months of […]