Thursday, May 20, 2010

World War II Memorial

"The Mourning Woman". At her feet are the words, "New life from wars destruction proclaims mans immortality and hope for peace."




This is the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in the province of Limburg. There are 8,301 headstones and the names of 1,722 missing in actions. It was dedicated July 7th, 1960.

1 comment:

mom said...

Hi Elise,

I was your age when I went on a student study trip to the United Nations. This memorial reminds me of the feelings I had there. We need to figure out how to help, not hurt each other.