Bezoek een museum of monument
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Het is gelijk of U in België woont, of gewoon hier bent, op bezoek. Er is hier veel te zien en te doen wat betreft de vele offers gegeven voor de bevrijding van Europa. Bezoek een van de musea die het verleden weer tot leven roept, of verken het landschap voor bepaalde gedenktekens en monumenten. Er zijn tientallen musea gewijd aan de Eerste en Tweede Wereldoorlog in België. Hieronder vindt u enkele aanbevolen musea en monumenten:
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The American Battle Monuments Commission erected this monument in honor of the 37th and 91st Infantry Divions that liberated this area of Belgium in WWI.
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The "Alamo defense" of Major Arthur C. Parker's 589th Field Artillery Battalion at this crossroad denied the Nazis an important supply route between 19 and 23 December 1944. There's monumnet includes a Howitzer 105 mm artillery piece.
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Located at the Mardasson Memoiral in Bastogne, this monument commemorates the men of the 101st Airborn Division who defended Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. The sculptor was Robert Remacle and it was innagurated in 2008. The sotry of Private Dennis McKeen inspired Remacle to create the sculpture. McKeen is commemorated on the Wall of the Missing at the Ardennes American Cemetery. See the Eagle Monument's website for more information.
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From October to 17 December 1944, Company B of the 526th Armored Infantry Battalion was quartered in the homes of families in Comblain-La-Tour. The isolated grave of Joseph G. Farina is nearby.
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On each of the main roads leading into Bastogne, a Sherman tank turret symbolically marks the permimeter of the American forces during the siege. They were recovered from the battlefields around Bastogne after the war. The visitor should remember that each of these tank turrets also represents the crew of a Sherman tank who lost their lives during the battle. This one commemorates the men of the 10th Armored Division.
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Monument to General Anthony McAuliffe, acting commander of the 101st Airborne Divsion during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Plaque erected by the Belgian veterans of Fort Eben Emael to Major Leland Lambe, who was killed at the Fort.
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Monument to five American serviceman killed in the liberation of Limont
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Monument to the 13 American soldiers of I Company who lost their lives in the liberation of Fosse on 3 January 1945.
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Inaugurated in 1957, this monument commemorates General George S. Patton. It is located on the spot on which he made his famous speech to his men as they advanced on Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.