In Memory of the Valor and the Sacrifices which Hallow This Soil : US Netherlands Memorial
In the picturesque village of Margraten in the south eastern corner of the Netherlands lie 8,302 tombstones. Stars of David for those that professed the Jewish faith, Latin crosses for the others. 106 are Unknowns, whose remains were never positively identified.
This site was liberated on September 13, 1944 by the US 30th Infantry Division, part of the US First Army that were advancing northeast towards the Roer River in Germany. A battlefield cemetery, one of the first used for the interment of US soldiers who fell on German soil, was established here on November 10, 1944.
American Cemetery at Margraten, Netherlands
A bronze memorial stands at the east end of the Court of Honor with reflecting pool. The mourning figure, doves, the new shoot from the war-destroyed tree are befittingly described by the inscription on the stone base: New Life From War’s Destruction Proclaims Man’s Immortality And Hope For Peace……….
Bronze memorial at the American Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands
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