The Yser Tower stands near the Yser river at Kaaskerke, in Diksmuide in West Flanders. It commemorates the Flemish soldiers of the Belgian Army who were killed in the First World War. The first tower was built from 1928 to 1930 and was 160 feet (50 meters) tall. It carried the motto "All for Flanders, Flanders for Christ."
The first tower was destroyed with dynamite on the night of 15 and 16 March 1946. Its ruins were modeled into the Peace Gate in 1950. A second tower of roughly the same design was begun in July 1952 and inaugurated on 22 August 1965. It is 276 feet (84 meters) tall, and its base reads "Never war again" in four languages.
The tower houses the Yser Museum, part of the United Nations network of peace museums. The annual Yser Pilgrimage takes place here.
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