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Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial
OpdagPlaces to seeBelgienFlandersVestflandernKortrijkWaregem
Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial
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Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial
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The Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is an American military cemetery in the Belgian city of Waregem, located at the intersection of the Wortegemseweg and the Bosstraat, near the …
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The 37th division A.E.F. advanced from Olsene via Kruishoutem to Heurne and Eine. They crossed the Scheldt there. As a memento of this, the Ohio bridge at Eine near Oudenaarde was later built and paid for by the American state of Ohio. The 91st division A.E.F. advanced from Waregem through the Spitaalsbossen to Wortegem and then to Moregem. On 1 November 1918, they reached Oudenaarde. In the Spitaalsbossen, where the Germans had set up several machine gun posts, there was heavy fighting. The 91st division lost 49 officers and 920 men in these military operations.
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Every year, on the Sunday closest to May 30, Memorial Day is held at the cemetery for the American fallen. On this day of remembrance, speeches are given by religious figures, local politicians, American officers, representatives of the American embassy and veterans' organizations. Usually, during this ceremony, several American fighter planes fly over the cemetery as a tribute to their fallen compatriots. The ceremony is also enhanced by the singing of the American national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, by Waregem schoolchildren.
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