The Remarkable Dresden Church Rises From Ashes of WWII Bombing
Friday marked 10 years since a glorious domed church in Dresden, Germany, was reborn, after being destroyed in WW II and left in a heap of ruins for 45 years.
For 70 years, thousands of Dutch families have personally cared for the graves of 8300 American WWII soldiers, bringing flowers on Birthdays and Memorial Day.
For the people of a small village in the Netherlands, every day is Memorial Day for the thousands of American soldiers buried nearby.
For 70 years, the people of Margraten have personally cared for the graves of Americans killed in World War II – 8,300 of them – in a military cemetery outside the town.
Each one is adopted by a Dutch, Belgian or even German family who makes sure that the service member buried there is remembered. The thousands of families deliver flowers on their soldier's birthday or date of death, and decorate the graves on Christmas and Memorial Day.
To this day, there is still a waiting list –100 families long – of grateful citizens eager to become memorial caretakers.
(WATCH the video below or READ the Memorial Day special at the Washington Post)
Photo by the American Battle Monuments Commission
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