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The Last Post by C. E. Turner
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The Last Post by C. E. Turner
Buglers sounding the Last Post at 9pm before the British monument to fallen soldiers at Ypres, the Menin Gate. Date: 1930
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Bugle Buglers Ceremony Commemoration Dignified Dignity Fallen Memory Menin Missing Remembrance Ritual Solemn Tribute Turner Ypres
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This evocative photograph captures the poignant moment of the Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium, in 1930. The Menin Gate, a British war memorial dedicated to the soldiers who fell in the Ypres Salient during World War I, has become the site of a daily ritual of remembrance. In this image, two buglers stand solemnly before the monument, their bugles raised to their lips as they sound the Last Post, a traditional military signal used to mark the end of the day and to signify the departure of the dead. The ceremony, which has been taking place every evening since 1928, is a powerful tribute to the missing and fallen soldiers of the Great War. The image exudes a sense of dignity and reverence, as the evening sky darkens around the monument, and the buglers' mournful notes carry through the air, echoing the memories and history of the past. This photograph is a poignant reminder of the importance of commemoration and the enduring power of ritual and ceremony in preserving the memory of those who have gone before us.
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