Luxembourg American Military Cemetery 2015

For Memorial Day 2015 We went to the American Military Cemetery in Luxembourg. They were having a Memorial Day ceremony on May 23rd. The cemetery contains the remains of 5,076 American service members who died during World War II. This is also where General George S. Patton Jr is buried. We drove to Luxembourg which is not to far from where we live. It took us about 50 minutes to get to the cemetery. When we arrived we were given a poppy flower and a program of the days events. The ceremony began at 2pm and we got there around 1 so we walked around the grounds until the ceremony began.

                                        This is a small chapel where you can go in and pray.

                           The names of those who lost their lives and are in unknown graves

               General Patton heads the cemetery in between the American and Luxembourg flag

It was a very emotion filled ceremony with speakers both from Luxembourg and the United States Military speaking of how the U.S. liberated Luxembourg and the bond that they share. They then had planes fly over the cemetery. They had people dedicate wreaths and then a 21 gun salute to finish the ceremony. After the ceremony was complete we walked around the cemetery one last time. It was eerily calming being there. Even with a bunch of people around you feel alone with your thoughts thinking about how it must have felt to have been there when it was happening. Im glad these men are remembered every year and even if they don't have family to come see them they still get flags and a rose on there grave. It was definitely an emotional and eye opening experience and I hope we are able to visit many of the other American Military Cemeteries here in Europe.