Flanders Field American Cemetery Waregem

In Waregem we have the American Cemetery. This is the smallest of 8 permanent American cemeteries commemorating the First World War in Europe. It is also the only one in Belgium. After the war, the U.S.A., contrary to their British counterparts, allowed the repatriation of their war dead by request of their next of kin. Others wished that their loved ones remained in Europe. That is why in 1919 the American War Department commenced establishing permanent cemeteries: six in France, one in England and one in Belgium.

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