“The American Cemetery is situated along the State Highway Maastricht-Vaals in the Eijsden-Margraten Municipality in the Netherlands. It is one of the biggest cemeteries in the world the only one in The Netherlands. No less than 8,301 American liberators have been buried here. The white marble crosses and David’s stars remind us of the solders -often young- who gave their lives for our freedom during World War ll.”
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Foundation
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.
Do you want to adopt a grave or a name on the Walls of the Missing?Currently all the graves and names on the Walls of the Missing are adopted.
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Latest news
Statement from the Foundation for the Adoption of Graves at the American Cemetery in Margraten in response to recent publications about the exhibition in the visitor center at the cemetery
The adoption program in Margraten has been in existence for 80 years. All this time, the adopters have been commemorating and…
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New Initiative Honors and Remembers American WWII Soldiers by Connecting Their Family Members with Dutch Adopters.
The “Monuments Men and Women Foundation” and the Foundation for Adopting Graves at the American Cemetery in Margraten Announce Launch of…
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Central High School Omaha Alumni and Friends Soar Overseas
Central High School Omaha Alumni and Friends Soar Overseas. Read the article here (PDF).
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