A friend sent this to me, and I had to pass this along, not having ever seen it myself. The story and accompanying video is guaranteed to make your screen a little blurry. About six miles from Maastricht, in the Netherlands, lie buried 8,301 American soldiers who died in Operation Market Garden in the battles to liberate Holland in the fall winter of 1944. Every one of the men buried in the cemetery, as well as those in the Canadian and British military cemeteries, has been adopted by a Dutch family who mind the grave, decorate it, and keep alive the memory of the soldier they have adopted. It is even the custom to keep a portrait of their American soldier in a place of honor in their home. Annually, on Liberation Day, memorial services are held for the men who died to liberate Holland. The day concludes with a concert. The final piece is always Il Silenzio, a memorial piece commissioned by the Dutch and first played in 1965 on the 20th anniversary of Hollands liberation. It has been the concluding piece of the memorial concert ever since. This year the soloist was a 13-year-old Dutch girl, Melissa Venema, backed by André Rieu and his orchestra (the Royal Orchestra of the Netherlands). This beautiful concert piece is based upon the original version of taps and was composed by Italian composer Nino Rossi. Watch at full screen .. Volume on .. flixxy/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm After you watch the above web site, check out the below. Our European commitment, in alphabetical order 1. American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France... A total of 2,289 2. American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium... A total of 5,329 3. American Cemetery at Brittany, France... A total of 4,410 4. Brookwood, England - American Cemetery... A total of 468 5. Cambridge, England... A total of 3,812 6. Epinal, France - American Cemetery... A total of 5,525 7. Flanders Field, Belgium... A total of 368 8. Florence, Italy... A total of 4,402 9. Henri-Chapelle, Belgium... A total of 7,992 10. Lorraine , France... A total of 10,489 11. Luxembourg, Luxembourg... A total of 5,076 12. Meuse-Argonne... A total of 14,246 13. Netherlands, Netherlands... A total of 8,301 14. Normandy, France... A total of 9,387 15. Oise-Aisne, France... A total of 6,012 16. Rhone, France... A total of 861 17. Sicily, Italy... A total of 7,861 18. Somme, France... A total of 1,844 19. St. Mihiel, France... A total of 4,153 20. Suresnes, France... A total of 1,541 Apologize To No One. Remind those of our sacrifice and dont confuse arrogance with leadership. The count is 104,366 dead, brave Americans. And we have to watch an American elected leader who apologizes to Europe and the Middle East that our country is arrogant! HOW MANY FRENCH, DUTCH, ITALIANS, BELGIANS AND BRITS ARE BURIED ON OUR SOIL... AFTER DEFENDING US AGAINST OUR ENEMIES? WE DONT ASK FOR PRAISE...BUT WE HAVE ABSOULUTELY NO NEED TO APOLOGIZE! Americans, forward it! Non-patriotic, delete it! Most of the protected dont understand it. DO THINK ABOUT THIS. -- ~~~REMEMBER~~~ If you forward this, PLEASE REMOVE all email addresses before you send it on. Be kind to your email friends, Not the Spammers. This message and any enclosures are intended only for the addressee. Please notify the sender by email if you are not the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute this message or its contents or enclosures to any other person and any such actions may be unlawful. Ball reserves the right to monitor and review all messages and enclosures sent to or from this email address.
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