Memorial Day

Posted by Cindy Lowman

Memorial Day 2009…

 

                                  Respect for the Fallen

 The following photos are of Cemetaries in Europe of Our Fallen American Soldiers

              In alphabetical order…..Just in Europe.

 

1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France . A total of 2289 of our military dead.

 

 

 

 

2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium . A total of 5329 of our dead.

 

 

 

 

3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France .. A total of 4410 of our military dead.

 

 

 

4. Brookwood, England American Cemetery. A total of 468 of our dead.

 

 

 

5. Cambridge, England . 3812 of our military dead.

 

 

 

6. Epinal, France American Cemetery. A total of 5525 of our Military dead.  

 

 

7. Flanders Field, Belgium . A total of 368 of our military.

 

 

 

8. Florence, Italy . A total of 4402 of our military dead.

 

 

9. Henri-Chapelle, Belgium . A total of 7992 of our military dead.

 

 

10. Lorraine, France . A total of 10,489

 

 

 

11. Luxembourg, Luxembourg . A total of 5076 of our military dead.

 

 

12. Meuse-Argonne. A total of 14246 of our military dead.

 

 

13. Netherlands, Netherlands . A total of 8301 of our military dead.

 

 

14. Normandy, France . A total of 9387 of our military dead.

 

 

15. Oise-Aisne, France . A total of 6012 of our military dead.

 

 

16. Rhone, France . A total of 861 of our military dead.

 

 

17. Sicily, Italy . A total of 7861 of our military dead.

 

 

18. Somme, France . A total of 1844 of our military dead.

 

 

19. St. Mihiel, France . A total of 4153 of our military dead.

 

 

20. Suresnes, France . a total of 1541 of our military dead.

 

 

 

        IF I ADDED CORRECTLY THE COUNT IS 104,366   

 

 

 

GOD BLESS AMERICA

“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.”  Benjamin Franklin

 

 

 

 **All of these photos and facts were in an email I received.

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One Response to “Memorial Day”

  1. Mark Clawson says:

    Very nice reminder of our fallen heros Cindy! Quite a bit of reality staring us in the face.

    Mark

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