Thousands of lights to commemorate WWI heroes

· Almost 9,000 torches lit up the front line to commemorate the heroes of WWI in Flanders Fields a century after WWI. · The event initiated a 4 year commemoration program to remember the stories of millions of victims. · The names of the 600,000 civilians and soldiers who lost their lives in Belgium during WWI were collected and will be honored through several activities.Lights were shining to remember the victims of WWI  (Nieuwpoort, Belgium) - Between 7.00 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. on Friday 17 October, the front line of late 1914 in the westernmost part of Flanders, Belgium was lit up