General information

The names of 1,722 missing army- and air-force servicemen have been engraved in the marble walls of the Square of Honor. A rosette next to a name implies that the mortal remains of the deceased liberator have since then been found.

At the cemetery many of the graves have flowers that were placed by people who have adopted one or more graves and thus want to show their gratitude to the fallen liberators and their next of kin. With regular intervals the carillon plays the American and Dutch national anthems.

All in all a field of honor well worth a visit.

For a more complete historical description of the realization of this cemetery we kindly refer to the publications “Crosses in the Wind” (can be ordered at our own webshop) and “From Farmland to Soldier’s Cemetery” (can be ordered at the www.akkersvanmargraten.nl website.