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"MARGRATEN, Netherlands (
AP) — Ever since a U.S. military cemetery in the
southern Netherlands removed two displays recognizing Black troops who helped
to liberate Europe from the Nazis, visitors have filled the guestbook with
objections.
Sometime in the spring, the American Battle Monuments Commission, the U.S.
government agency responsible for maintaining memorial sites outside of the
United States, removed the panels from the visitors center at the American
Cemetery in Margraten, the final resting place for roughly 8,300 U.S. soldiers,
set in rolling hills near the border with Belgium and Germany.
The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a series of executive
orders ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs. “Our country will be
woke no longer,” Trump said in an address to Congress in March.
The removal, carried out without public explanation, has angered Dutch
officials, the families of U.S. soldiers and the local residents who honor the
American sacrifice by caring for the graves.
U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands Joe Popolo seemed to support the removal of
the displays. “The signs at Margraten are not intended to promote an agenda
that criticizes America,” he wrote on social media following a visit to the
cemetery after the controversy had erupted. Popolo declined a request for
comment."
Via Frederick Wilson II.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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