We all commemorate this on different days, but regardless, we indeed we should not forget.
Last year they erected a memorial here on the island for an American B-24m bomber, 9 statues for each of the crew. They all died.
Many people were not happy about it as they felt these weren't Dutch, likely didn't even know where they were, so why not commemorate the Dutch -our own people- who gave their lives?
I did and do not agree. I feel that especially because they lost their lives over a country -shot down by Germans- that wasn't theirs, possibly not knowing where exactly they were, is reason enough to not forget them.
They crashed and died on April 5 1945, meaning 1 month before the war ended.
For me commemorating concerns all who fought for our allied freedom and died.
This is the memorial, it's the names of the crew in soundwaves and turned a quarter, done to make it personal as there weren't the photos of each crew member.
It's located on a lower dike in the middle of fields. It's set up to cover 33,5m which was the wingspan of the airplane.
I hope someone put flowers there today.
Edited by
SparklingCrystal 💖💎
on Tue 05/04/21 08:36 AM
