Poilu's bedroom the same after 100 yrs, and to stay the same for another 400 years!

[Seigfried]

Very touching, his poor parents...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...h-soldier.html

Great credit to the several owners who have maintained this memorial. I went to the centenary of the battle of Mons/Le Cateau and was amazed and warmed by the many events and the fact that the fallen are still remembered so strongly after 100 years.

[Frans H.]

Thank you for posting John. Very touching indeed!

[Jean-Loup]

Interesting story, and there is a nice Pickelhaub hanging in the window.
On a similar topic: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/miran...ldren-bedrooms

[blinky]

It makes you wonder how many other homes might have rooms like this.
The brother of a colleague of mine was killed in Vietnam and his room sat undisturbed until the home was sold last year. It was a big house and only her mother lived there so the space really wasn't needed. In the end most everything was boxed up and given to charity or tossed into a dumpster with the exception of a few personal items she kept or gave to her son.

[Douglas Jr.]

Interesting and touching reading.
Thanks for sharing.