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Happy Semiquincentennial To Our Country the USA

You will love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now let me give you another place to go that you might like, if you are on the Continent; go to Fort Douamount.
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My wife and went their when we were taking classes through University of Maryland European Division and taking a class on the period of World War 1. This is the Verdun region, and within this area over 1 million soldiers died during World War 1.

The building you see in these photos, is an ossuary for literally hundreds of thousands of bodies and their bones. Some could be identified by their units, or from the battle they they died in. Their were however so many bodies, and the battles lasted for so long, that in the end the units, battles, and nation's of origin could no longer even be determined. So around the bottom of this building, which is a mile in it's complete outline, are windows that look into the piles of bones that were found and could not be in any way identified.

They are undoubtedly either French or German/Austrian, but what they are for sure is unknowable.

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No location that was historical has had such an impact on me as visiting this location, I was left in tears by it. The unimaginable terror and horror of that battle is just unfathomable.
It is a short drive (for Americans) from Fort Douamount to the American Cemetery of WW2 in Luxembourg which I also highly recommend. This cemetery contains the bodies of many Americans who died in the Battle of the Bulge, and as I remember also the Hurtgen Forrest (one of the dumbest attacks by the US in WW2).
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A bit of longer drive from Luxembourg CIty (FYI one of the most beautiful cities in Northern Europe (where I took my present wife on our 1st date)) is the German city of Trier. Trier is the oldest city in Northern Europe, at one point was the Capital of the Rome's Northern and Western Empire. You can still see the Roman gates and walls in downtown Trier. Also you can see the Roman Amphitheater.
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The trip I am supplying you will ultimately take you through the heart of Champagne districts of Northern France, and into the Mosel River wine regions (the best in Germany). From the German perspective; try the Bitburger Pils for absolutely sure!
Bitte Ein Bit!!!

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