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Originally Posted by anythingrandom
Thanks, sir. Informative and interesting posts, as usual. My mother is from Luxembourg and I hope to see the cemetaries the next time we visit our family there.
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The American cemetery is beautiful and the graves are voluntarily tended by Luxembourger families. Of interest is GEN Patton's grave marker which faces the others as if he's in front of a formation of his soldiers; his wishes were to be buried there because most of the soldiers buried there were his troops.
The German cemetery is about a mile down a side road and has a very different feel to it. I think you will find it interesting.
Good luck.
Richard's $.02 
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