With Veterans day approaching; The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
All of the approximately 10,000 service members honored at what is now known as the Netherlands American Cemetery—8,291 have been adopted by local families
The Trump Administration’s War on African-American History is a Lost Cause.
Via Bluesky – full post inside.
The removal of this specific memorial in the Netherlands stands in sharp contrast with the Trump administration’s recent order to return a massive Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery, which celebrates the mythical “loyal slave” narrative with the images of the “loyal mammy” and body servant marching off to war with Confederate soldiers.
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