Representatives of the Irish, British and Belgian Governments will be in Belgium today to mark the 25th anniversary of the Island of Ireland Peace Park.
The park in Messines, Flanders is a memorial dedicated to soldiers from the island of Ireland who died during the First World War.
It features a 110-foot tower designed in the traditional style of an Irish round tower.
The project was conceived by the late Donegal Fine Gael TD Paddy Harte and Glenn Barr, a community activist from Derry.
The park was recently recognised as a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
The tower in the Island of Ireland Peace Park in Flanders, BelgiumIt was officially inaugurated on November 11th back in 1998, by then-President Mary McAleese along with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and King Albert of Belgium.
The occasion marked the first time that the Irish State officially recognised the soldiers from Ireland who lost their lives in World War I.
President McAleese publicly acknowledged the "national amnesia" in remembering the soldiers of World War I from the Island of Ireland.
The ceremony also marked the first-ever public meeting between an Irish Head of State and a British Monarch.
