heroicrelics.org
Return to Normandy, France

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.

Google Maps link.

 
dsc01238c.jpg
dsc01238c.jpg
dsc01237c.jpg
dsc01237c.jpg
dsc01286c.jpg
dsc01286c.jpg
dsc01243c.jpg
dsc01243c.jpg
dsc01244c.jpg
dsc01244c.jpg
dsc01245c.jpg
dsc01245c.jpg
dsc01241c.jpg
dsc01241c.jpg
dsc01246c.jpg
dsc01246c.jpg
dsc01247c.jpg
dsc01247c.jpg
dsc01251c.jpg
dsc01251c.jpg
dsc01248c.jpg
dsc01248c.jpg
dsc01249c.jpg
dsc01249c.jpg
dsc01250c.jpg
dsc01250c.jpg
dsc01242c.jpg
dsc01242c.jpg
dsc01239c.jpg
dsc01239c.jpg
dsc01240c.jpg
dsc01240c.jpg
dsc01257c.jpg
dsc01257c.jpg
dsc01258c.jpg
dsc01258c.jpg
dsc01255c.jpg
dsc01255c.jpg
dsc01259c.jpg
dsc01259c.jpg
dsc01254c.jpg
dsc01254c.jpg
dsc01252c.jpg
dsc01252c.jpg
dsc01256c.jpg
dsc01256c.jpg
dsc01260c.jpg
dsc01260c.jpg
dsc01261c.jpg
dsc01261c.jpg
dsc01262c.jpg
dsc01262c.jpg
dsc01272c.jpg
dsc01272c.jpg
dsc01273c.jpg
dsc01273c.jpg
dsc01274c.jpg
dsc01274c.jpg
dsc01275c.jpg
dsc01275c.jpg
dsc01263c.jpg
dsc01263c.jpg
dsc01264c.jpg
dsc01264c.jpg
dsc01265c.jpg
dsc01265c.jpg
dsc01266c.jpg
dsc01266c.jpg
dsc01267c.jpg
dsc01267c.jpg
dsc01268c.jpg
dsc01268c.jpg
dsc01269c.jpg
dsc01269c.jpg
dsc01270c.jpg
dsc01270c.jpg
dsc01278c.jpg
dsc01278c.jpg
dsc01279c.jpg
dsc01279c.jpg
dsc01280c.jpg
dsc01280c.jpg
dsc01281c.jpg
dsc01281c.jpg
dsc01284c.jpg
dsc01284c.jpg
dsc01288c.jpg
dsc01288c.jpg
dsc01295c.jpg
dsc01295c.jpg
dsc01303c.jpg
dsc01303c.jpg
dsc01282c.jpg
dsc01282c.jpg
dsc01283c.jpg
dsc01283c.jpg
dsc01285c.jpg
dsc01285c.jpg
dsc01307c.jpg
dsc01307c.jpg
dsc01306c.jpg
dsc01306c.jpg
dsc01305c.jpg
dsc01305c.jpg
dsc01304c.jpg
dsc01304c.jpg
dsc01287c.jpg
dsc01287c.jpg
dsc01302c.jpg
dsc01302c.jpg
dsc01294c.jpg
dsc01294c.jpg
dsc01293c.jpg
dsc01293c.jpg
dsc01296c.jpg
dsc01296c.jpg
dsc01297c.jpg
dsc01297c.jpg
dsc01292c.jpg
dsc01292c.jpg
dsc01298c.jpg
dsc01298c.jpg
dsc01299c.jpg
dsc01299c.jpg
dsc01300c.jpg
dsc01300c.jpg
dsc01301c.jpg
dsc01301c.jpg
Return to Normandy, France