People ‘adopting’ fallen soldiers buried at an American war cemetery in the Netherlands are helping to keep alive memories of their sacrifice as the country marks the 80th anniversary of the start of its liberation from World War II Nazi occupation.
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Nowhere is the deep-rooted gratitude of the post-war generations more clear than in the 65.5 acres of manicured lawns and white marble headstones of the Netherlands American Cemetery on a hill just outside the village of Margraten.The hallowed burial ground is hosting a concert Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of the liberation of the Netherlands.
People who adopt a grave visit it regularly and leave flowers on the fallen soldier’s birthday, the day they died, at Christmas, on Memorial Day or whenever else they see fit. Some reach out to families of the dead in the U.S., forming lasting transatlantic friendships. Taylor paid tribute to Maria and to Ton, who chairs the foundation responsible for the adoptions, and all the families who tend graves in the cemetery that is meticulously maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
He was visiting the cemetery a day ahead of the concert to mark the 80th anniversary of American forces from the 30th Infantry Division, known as Old Hickory, crossing from nearby Belgium into the village of Mesch in what is remembered as the start of the liberation of the Netherlands from four years of brutal Nazi occupation.
Hermes, a retired Dutch soldier who served in Bosnia during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, said the timing of their visit to the cemetery on Wednesday — 9/11 — was a reminder of why people should keep alive memories of those who gave their lives for Dutch freedom from tyranny.
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