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7 unusual facts about Margraten


Arcangelo Cascieri

Together, they were involved in several large projects throughout the world including the American World War I Memorial at Belleau Wood in France and the World War II Memorial at Margraten in the Netherlands.

Eijsden Castle

Eijsden Castle (Dutch:Kasteel Eijsden) is a moated manor house with several farm buildings, a gatehouse and castle park, in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.

Eijsden-Margraten

The Mergellandroute, a tourist route through South Limburg, passes through several places in this municipality.

Jim Kincaid

Three D-Day veterans from the Norfolk area accompanied Jim to several historic World War II sites, including Weymouth, England, Omaha Beach, Bastogne, the Dachau concentration camp, and Margraten in the Netherlands, site of the largest American cemetery in Europe.

Jonah Edward Kelley

Aged 21 at his death, Kelley was initially buried in Margraten, Netherlands.

Margraten

President George W. Bush visited the cemetery on 8 May 2005, as the first American president to do so.

Netherlands American Cemetery

The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is a war cemetery which lies in the village of Margraten six miles (10 km) east of Maastricht, in the most southern part of the Netherlands.


Mesch

It is located in the municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, quite near to the southerly border with Belgium, on the other side of which the neighouring village of Moelingen is situated.


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