Henri Chapelle Cemetery in Belgium
8,000 American soldiers' graves
Ten American Boy Scouts
Lots of soap and water
One very long day
cleaning grave markers,
understanding the cost of war,
remembering the dead,
honoring their sacrifice.
These 8,000 graves? They represent only a small fraction of the tens of thousands of Americans who died in Belgium during World War II. This past weekend, E went to Normandy, France--to understand, to remember, to mourn.
May 28, 2007