WWI 'sacred soil' ceremony takes place in London.

[dipsydoodle]

A ceremony has taken place in London to mark the arrival of "sacred soil" from 70 World War 1 battlefields in Belgium.

The soil is going to be laid at a memorial garden marking the 100th anniversary of WW1 in 2014.

The soil, collected by British and Belgian schoolchildren and put into 70 sandbags, arrived on the Belgian Navy frigate Louisa Marie on Friday.

It went on a ceremonial procession through London before reaching its last resting place at Wellington Barracks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25158245

[countryjake]

1. What a good idea!

The symbolism of that dirt...so many deaths, so many boys who never came home at all. Anyone who has family who died in that Great War can appreciate this.

Thanks for posting. (love that picture, too!)