The Honorable Mr. Howard Gutman, US Ambassador to Belgium, apparently the son of a first generation immigrant from Europe, addressing the crowd. Probably made the best and most moving speech of all.
Henri-Chapelle American Memorial Cemetery May 28th 2011 Saturday, May 28th
The cemetery:
After our walk in the morning in Aachen we checked out and found our way out of Aachen with out too much trouble. Drove on into Belgium and to the village of Henri-Chapelle and found the Rue du Memorial American, the road leading to the cemetery. Arrived at the cemetery a little before noon, parked and walked down to the general area of the ... read more
Europe » Belgium » Liège Province » Henri-Chapelle Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more
Anne and I started our hiking trips back in 2001 and have managed to get two or three trips in each year since. Most of the trips were part of our quest to hike in all of the US National Parks, a quest we completed in 2015 with our trip to Alaska and the Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley parks. At that time there were 59 parks. Since 2015 we have revisited some of our favorite areas and those have been blogged as well. Additionally, along the way we’ve taken a couple of trips to Canada where we hiked in most, if not all, of the Canadian National Parks in the Rocky Mountains. And then ... full info