Margraten

We visited the American War Cemetary in Margraten, NL this weekend.  Many of the men there died in the Dutch Liberation effort, Operation Market Garden.  Near the small chapel and reflecting pool that look out over the rest of the cemetary there's a wall, engraved  with the names of major battles -- so many of them within 50 miles of here: Maastricht, Eindhoven, Koln, Geilenkirchen, Krefeld, Julich.

We frequently see the remnants of the Siegfried Line as we explore the area. Time to get busy learning more about WW2 in the region

We took pics of the boys  under the "Geilenkirchen," section of the wall, knowing at some point there'll be a history lesson in it for them. (Note the Winter coats, in the middle of MAY)

To read more about the cemetary and its monuments, and the campaigns in the region download the cemetary's visitor booklet at the bottom of this page .