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Old 05-25-2015, 12:31 PM   #9
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Default Re: Memorial Day 2015

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Originally Posted by caboose View Post
Spent the day at the cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands where my father and a distant cousin are buried. With a group whose fathers are also buried here. Plan to go to Henri-Chapelle and Normandy to visit graves of other distant cousins.

Tear ducts have been active.
My experience with the Dutch gratitude was second to none. Kids are taught in school about the sacrifices made.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ame...c?ocid=delldhp

The Dutch have done the same for all allied cemeteries in Holland and still today.

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