Annual 'In Flanders Fields' Memorial Commemorative Event in NYC 

By Nick Polet
Flanders House, NYC

The Government of Flanders, Belgium will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War with many special events during the period 2014-2018.

On the occasion of Memorial Day, and to remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice "In Flanders Fields" during World War I, Mr. Geert De Proost, General Delegate of the Government of Flanders to the USA, will be hosting the Annual In 'Flanders Fields' Memorial event on May 24, 10am, featuring the East Coast Doughboys Honor Guard.

The event will be followed by a reception at The Press Lounge located at Ink48, 653 11th Avenue (between 47th & 48th Street).

The event is free, and open to the public.

The Clinton War Memorial is a remarkable WWI site. This poignant monument is the work of sculptor Burt W. Johnson (1890-1927) and architect Harvey Wiley Corbett. It was commissioned by the Clinton District Association as a memorial to the young men from the neighborhood who died in World War I, and was dedicated on June 8, 1930. The monument features a pensive infantryman known as a “doughboy” holding poppies in his right hand and a rifle slung over his left shoulder. The granite pedestal is inscribed with a verse from the famous poem by John McCrae (1872-1918), In Flanders Fields.

Full information on the Clinton War Memorial can be found on the New York Parks web site here:

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