The gravesites of Americans buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial near Margraten have been adopted by Dutch families for generations.
On a cold, wet March day, about 20 river cruise passengers, many from the United States, follow their Dutch tour guide through rows of rain-soaked gravestones at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. Located on 65.5 acres in the country’s southernmost province near the town of Margraten, the Netherlands’ only American military cemetery honors about 10,000 US soldiers who died in World War II.
US soldiers remained intertwined with Dutch communities around Margraten during major Allied airborne and ground operations into neighboring Germany, which created “exceptionally close ties between the liberated and the American liberators,” Schrijvers explained. But when the bodies of thousands of those soldiers eventually returned to Margraten to be buried, it further instilled a sense of devotion to preserving their memories that would continue for generations among Dutch families.
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