- The Yser
Pilgrimage (Dutch:
IJzerbedevaart) is an
annual gathering at the Yser
Tower (IJzertoren) in Diksmuide, West
Flanders in Belgium. This pilgrimage...
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Flemish nationalists and is the
center for
their annual Yser
Pilgrimage (
IJzerbedevaart). The idea for a
distinct monument in
Flanders to
commemorate the Flemish...
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IJzerwake (Dutch, "Yser Wake") is an
organisation that
split off from the
IJzerbedevaart, and
unites the more
radical Flemish nationalists. Each year in August...
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Frans Daels [nl] and
Borms (right)
giving the ****
salute (22nd
IJzerbedevaart, 24
August 1941)...
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mustard gas
odour gas. The Yser
Tower is also the
scene of the
yearly IJzerbedevaart (Dutch for 'Pilgrimage of the Yser'), a
celebration of
peace and of...
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symbol of
cultural unity with the Netherlands.
Yearly rallies like the "
IJzerbedevaart" and the "Vlaams
Nationaal Zangfeest"
close with
singing the 6th stanza...
- (IJzertoren) in 1932 and was an
important part of the
annual Yser
Pilgrimage (
IJzerbedevaart). [1]
Belgian War Dead Register,
entry for
Eduard Jan Van Raemdonck...
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annual IJzerbedevaart in Diksmuide. He founded,
among others with
Lieven Van Gerven, then
chairman of the Davidsfonds, the
IJzerbedevaart Forum. This...
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buried in the
Belgian military cemetery at Steenkerke. The very
first IJzerbedevaart took
place there at his
sepulchre in 1920. In 1930, his
corpse was placed...
- Ministers, a few days
after their appointment, parti****ted in the
annual IJzerbedevaart. On the eve of that
pilgrimage wrote De
Boodt the sum of 1
million francs...
