Does the WW1 tourist trade exploit the memory of the fallen?

One hundred years after the start of World War One, visitors to Ypres are paying tribute to the soldiers who died there. Local shops offer a huge array of souvenirs - but are mugs and chocolate poppies an appropriate way to remember the soldiers who lost their lives? At sunrise last Sunday morning I walked through the Menin Gate and out of Ypres, heading north across Flanders fields to the village of Langemark.

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