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LAST POST NEWS
Please find below the latest news items published by the Last Post Association.
Last Post & COVID
Update: As of 07/03/2022, all restrictions have been cancelled. As a result of the most recent changes to the COVID regulations in Belgium, with effect
Two new ceremonial assistants
The Last Post Association is pleased and proud to announce that the organisation has recruited two new ceremonial assistants to swell its ranks; namely, Bart
Last Post & COVID
With effect from today, Monday, 22 November 2021, access to the Last Post Ceremony will only be possible with a COVID Safe Ticket (confirming double
Armistice 2021: Speech
Address by Benoit Mottrie, Chairman of the Last Post Association Premier, Minister, burgemeester, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, dames en heren, This ceremony marks the 103rd
93 Years LPA: speech
Address by Chairman Benoit Mottrie This ceremony marks the 93rd anniversary of the Last Post, which was played under this memorial for the first time
93 Years Last Post Association
On Friday, 2 July 2021, the Last Post Association will celebrate the 93rd anniversary of the first playing of the Last Post under the Menin
ANZAC Day: Speech
25/04/2021 – Speech by Benoit Mottrie, Chairman of the Last Post Association Burgemeester, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, We are meeting here today in strange and
Jacky Platteeuw deceased
Director of the Last Post Association It’s with great sadness that we have to report the death of Jacky Platteeuw, director of the Last Post
A remarkable year
14/03/2020 – 14/03/2021: A remarkable year. For the first time since the very first Last Post on Monday, 2 July 1928 (*), spectators were not