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Dutch Ambassador Bekink: We owe an eternal debt of gratitude
Dutch Ambassador to the United States Rudolf Bekink has recently expressed his support for the project The Faces of Margraten. "We owe an eternal debt of gratitude to the soldiers who liberated Europe 70 years ago, especially those who fell on the battlefield and are resting in peace on land far away from their homes," said Ambassador Rudolf Bekink. Ambassador Bekink encouraged Americans to look for photos of their relatives buried in Margraten.
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Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister expresses support for The Faces of Margraten
Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Frans Timmermans has expressed his support for the The Faces of Margraten during a speech at Arlington Cemetery this week. The minister commemorated the American liberators of the Netherlands during World War Two, including Pfc Leo Lichten, who has grave at the American War Cemetery and Memorial Netherlands in Margraten has been adopted by Timmermans. In his speech, Timmermans said that he "very much support their desire to collect photos of these men, to give these heroes a face."
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First balance: face given to 2,227 soldiers
Three weeks after the project The Faces of Margraten was announced there has been a first count of the number of available personal photos since the launch of the project. The project started off with 1,989 photos. In the past three weeks, however, 238 new photos were submitted by adopters, relatives, veterans, and researches. This means that as of this moment, a face has been given to 2,227 American soldiers who have been either buried in or memorialized on the American War Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten, the Netherlands.
Killed American WWII Soldiers given a Face in the Netherlands
Almost 70 years after the end of World War Two, a new Dutch project will remember the thousands of soldiers that have beenn buried in the American War Cemetery and Memorial Netherlands in Margraten, the Netherlands. In 2014, the year in which the Netherlands celebrates and commemorates the 70th anniversary of the liberation and Operation Market Garden, the Dutch non-profitorganization Stichting Verenigde Adoptanten Amerikaanse Oorlogsgraven (Foundation United Adopters American War Graves) will collect the photos of the American soldiers who sacrificed their lives during World War Two and who found their finding resting place in Margraten through its new project The Faces of Margraten. As unique tribute to the men and women who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the Netherlands and the rest of Europe, as many graves as possible will be decorated with a personal photo, finally giving the American liberators a face.
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