{"id":723,"date":"2015-10-28T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T13:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adoptiegraven-margraten.nl\/en\/?page_id=723"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:56:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:56:55","slug":"trace-american-relatives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adoptiegraven-margraten.nl\/en\/applying-to-adopt-form\/trace-american-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Certificate of Commemoration for US descendants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row background_style=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column]<section class=\"hero-slider centered-text-slider  short-header\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li class=\"overlay \"><div class=\"background-image-holder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adoptiegraven-margraten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Begraafplaats-herfst-kikkerperspectief.jpg\" class=\"background-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adoptiegraven-margraten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Begraafplaats-herfst-kikkerperspectief.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.adoptiegraven-margraten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Begraafplaats-herfst-kikkerperspectief-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adoptiegraven-margraten.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Begraafplaats-herfst-kikkerperspectief-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"container vertical-align\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-sm-12 text-center ebor-slider-content\"><\/p>\n<h1>Certificate of Commemoration for US descendants<\/h1>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/section>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div class=\"text-block\"><div class=\"detail-line\"><\/div><h4>Certificate of Commemoration<\/h4><\/div>[vc_column_text]Many of descendants of American soldiers who are remembered at the cemetery in Margraten do have contact with the adopting families in the Netherlands. That mostly happens through letters or e-mails. In some cases there are visits on either side. Our Foundation encourages this. By commemorating an adopted soldier together adoption itself gains meaning. Over the years that the adoption program exists the meaning of it has ripened and has gained depth. In order to confirm the relationship and in order to commemorate together the WW II US liberator we have made a Certificate of Commemoration, a record of the joint commemoration of a \u2018Margraten Boy\u2019.<br \/>\nYou can apply for this certificate by sending an email to\u00a0request@adoptiegravenmargraten.nl or by getting in touch with us by telephone.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<div class=\"frm_forms  with_frm_style frm_style_formidable-style\" id=\"frm_form_8_container\" >\n<form enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" method=\"post\" class=\"frm-show-form  frm_pro_form \" id=\"form_3eu3qa\" >\n<div class=\"frm_form_fields \">\n<fieldset>\n<legend class=\"frm_hidden\">Request form Certificate of Commemoration <\/legend>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"frm_fields_container\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"frm_action\" value=\"create\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"8\" \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" 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