Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial ( Dutch: Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Margraten) is a Second World War military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Margraten, 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Maastricht, in the most southern part of the Netherlands.
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At the Netherlands American Cemetery, the Foundation for Adopting Graves at the American Cemetery Margraten and its long-standing grave adoption program received an important designation this year from the government of the Netherlands. The program is now recognized as part of the Dutch National Inventory of Immaterial Cultural Inheritance.
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The Foundation for Adopting Graves at the American Cemetery in Margraten offers the opportunity of adopting a grave of a fallen liberator or a name on the Walls of the Missing. The foundation also maintains the so-called Adoption Register, an extensive database with information about adopters and the graves they've adopted.
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Margraten Cemetery is operated by the American Battle Monuments Commission. The cemetery is located in the southern part of Holland, near the city of Maastricht. I have adopted several graves in this cemetery and visit the graves frequently.
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Margraten ( Dutch: [mɑrˈɣraːtə (n)] ⓘ; Limburgish: Mergraote) is a village and a former municipality in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2011 this former municipality merged with a neighbouring one, which resulted in the new Eijsden-Margraten municipality. Preceding developments
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Contact Margraten Cemetery The American War Cemetery and Memorial Netherlands in Margraten, the Netherlands is the only American War Cemetery in the Netherlands. In this cemetery, almost 8,300 American soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the freedoms of others during World War Two are buried.
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Netherlands American Cemetery lies in the village of Margraten, 6 miles east of Maastricht. Maastricht can be reached by train from Paris (Gare du Nord) via Liège, any city in Holland, or from Germany via Aachen. A bus service runs from Maastricht railroad station. Maastricht airport with taxicabs is 5 miles to the north; service should be.
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Today, the Foundation for Adopting Graves at the American Cemetery Margraten manages this program. With a similar intention the Foundation United Adopters American War Graves created a program known as The Faces of Margraten. This group collects photos of our fallen, and sponsors a bi-annual event at the cemetery during Dutch Memorial Day weekend.
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About Get directions Margraten , Limburg , Netherlands Coordinates: 50.81769, 5.80464 Cemetery ID: 2130326 Members have Contributed 10,113 Memorials 99% photographed 3% with gps About these numbers Photos Added by Kaleen and Dana Added by Kaleen and Dana See 15 more Cemeteries Region Europe Netherlands Limburg Eijsden-Margraten Municipality
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Margraten, the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, is the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands. The U.S. 30th Infantry Division liberated this site on 13 September 1944 and 8301 American military rest here.
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A Tour of Margraten American Cemetery. In this video, we are going to take a look at Margraten American Cemetery in the Netherlands. We will talk about the history, the wall of the missing and we visit all the Medal of Honor recipients buried there. 1st Lt. Walter J. Will, United States Army - Medal of Honor.
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The cemetery was taken into use during the war based on a temporary right of use, starting from November 1944, shortly after the town of Margraten was liberated. During these first years the cemetery was used to bury the fallen of all nationalities, including German war victims.
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Two hundred and fifty-three fallen service members from Missouri have been acknowledged and remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery in the village of Margraten.
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The American War Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten is the sole U.S. war cemetery in the Netherlands. The cemetery is the final resting place of 8,288 U.S. WWII soldiers, of whom many died during Operation Market Garden in September 1944 or during the Allied push into Nazi-Germany.
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Ceremonies at Memorial Day Margraten, 30 May 1945, pictures courtesy of the 8th Armored Division Association The soldiers buried at Margraten died in battles from the D-Day landings in Normandy to VE-Day (Victory in Europe Day) in May 1945.
