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Normandy American Cemetery

We visited the Normandy American Cemetery, located above Omaha Beach.

Near the entrance to the cemetery was a carillon. One of the songs it played was "My Country Tis of Thee," and I sang along in my head as one is apt to do when hearing a familiar melody. I must admit that some tears welled up when I got to the line, "Land where my fathers died/Land of the pilgrims' pride" -- the cemetery was full of men who died not in the land of the pilgrims' pride, but on a foreign battlefield.

The cemetery is very large, and landscape is crowned somewhat so one cannot easily see from one end to the other. As we progressed through the cemetery, we saw a chapel at what appeared to be the far end of the cemetery. When we reached the chapel we saw that it was not at the far end, but rather near the center, of the cemetery.

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