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?Cannot watch this without getting all choked up.? It
is certainly beautiful.? A? stark reminder that American has? has
nothing to apologize for overseas in Europe.
As always, thanks to all our veterans and fine service men and
women!
?
--Ginny
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Worth
reading the
entire
article.
ESPECIALLY
worth
listening to
the young?
lady play the
trumpet.
(Brings
tears to my
eyes every
time I see
this video.)
Enjoy
- and remember
how many of
our service
people gave
their
lives for this
country.
?
BEAUTIFUL.........
About
six miles from
Maastricht, in
the
Netherlands,
lie buried
8,301 American
soldiers who
died in
"Operation
Market Garden"
in the battles
to liberate
Holland in the
fall and
winter of
1944.
Every
one of the men
buried in the
cemetery, as
well as those
in the
Canadian and
British
military
cemeteries,
has been
adopted by a
Dutch family
who mind the
grave,
decorate it,
and keep alive
the memory of
the soldier
they have
adopted.?? It
is even the
custom to keep
a portrait of
"their"
American
soldier in a
place of honor
in their
home.???
Annually, on
"Liberation
Day," memorial
services are
held for "the
men who died
to liberate
Holland." The
day concludes
with a
concert.? The
final piece is
always "Il
Silenzio," a
memorial piece
commissioned
by the Dutch
and first
played in 1965
on the 20th
anniversary of
Holland's
liberation. It
has been the
concluding
piece of the
memorial
concert ever
since.
This
year the
soloist was a
13-year-old
Dutch girl,
Melissa
Venema, backed
by André Rieu
and his
orchestra (the
Royal
Orchestra of
the
Netherlands).
This beautiful
concert piece
is based upon
the original
version of
taps and was
composed by
Italian
composer Nino
Rossi.
After
you watch the
above website,
check this
out.
Our
European
arrogance, in
alphabetical
order
1.
The American
Cemetery at
Aisne-Marne,
France... A
total of 2289
2.
The American
Cemetery at
Ardennes,
Belgium... A
total of 5329
3.
The American
Cemetery at
Brittany,
France... A
total of 4410?
4.
Brookwood,
England -
American
Cemetery... A
total of 468
5.
Cambridge,
England... A
total of 3812?
6.
Epinal, France
- American
Cemetery... A
total of 5525?
7.
Flanders
Field,
Belgium... A
total of 368
8.
Florence,
Italy... A
total of 4402?
9.
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium... A total of 7992
10.
Lorraine ,
France... A
total of
10,489?
11.
Luxembourg,
Luxembourg...
A total of
5076?
12.
Meuse-Argonne... A total of 14246
13.
Netherlands,
Netherlands...
A total of
8301
14.
Normandy,
France... A
total of 9387
15.
Oise-Aisne,
France... A
total of 6012?
16.
Rhone,
France... A
total of 861
17.
Sicily,
Italy... A
total of 7861
18.
Somme,
France... A
total of 1844?
19.
St. Mihiel,
France... A
total of 4153?
20.
Suresnes,
France... A
total of 1541
?
Remind
those of our
sacrifice and
don't confuse
arrogance with
leadership.
The
count is
104,366 dead,
brave
Americans.
And
we have to
watch an
American
elected leader
who apologizes
to Europe and
the Middle
East that our
country is
"arrogant"!
HOW
MANY FRENCH,
DUTCH,
ITALIANS,
BELGIANS,? ARE
BURIED ON OUR
SOIL... AFTER
DEFENDING US
AGAINST OUR
ENEMIES?
WE
DON'T ASK FOR
PRAISE...BUT
WE HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO
NEED TO
APOLOGIZE!
Patriotic
Americans,
forward it!
Non-patriotic,
delete it!
Most
of the
protected
don't
understand it.
THANK
YOU!? AND A
VERY SPECIAL
THANK YOU TO
ALL OUR
AMERICAN
SERVICE MEN
AND WOMEN
STILL SERVING
THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD!!
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Virginia Butterfield