A Tribute to the Dead, A Reminder to the Living
A Tribute to the Dead, A Reminder to the Living We must strive to be worthy of their sacrifices. Share The Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial at Waregem, the only WWI U.S. military cemetery in Belgium. (Photo by: Arterra/Universal Images Group/ Getty Images.) You could think of World War I as the last of 1,200 years of conflicts between the rival royal houses of Europe. Or you could think of it as the first war of the American era of world history. But if you’re like most of us, you usually don’t think of it at all.