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Remembrance Memorial Old Hickorybrug
Stone inscription on the wall of a bridge:
OLD HICKORYBRUG
markeert de plek waar de Amerikaanse bevrijders in september 1944 voor het eerst de Geul overstaken.
"OLD HICKORYBRUG
marks the spot where American liberators crossed the Geul (name of the river) for the first time in September 1944."
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Source
- Text: Tim De Vleeschouwer
- Photos: Frans Ammerlaan (1, 2, 5), Tim De Vleeschouwer (3, 4)
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