Bastonge

"may this eagle always symbolize the sacrifeces and heroism of the 101st airborne division and all it's attachedunits. December 1944- January 1945 The city and citizens of Belgium"































The center of the monument to the americans

Monument to thank the Americans

Tank

memorial on the side of the road

More thank yous for america

Memorial to "E" company

the path to the peace garden

It was a temporary cemetary for Americans after the war, each american had a tree planted for him after his body was transferred back to the states

Museum

Dirty magazine from the 40's lol

During the war and after photos

a very large gun

the rooms set up to look like they did during the war

a notary's book that had been hit by something very large

uniforms

HUGE!

really old rusty guns, knives, cantines, andgas masks fromthe war

American soldier's motorcycle

Nazi motorcycle

Mat in a tank..lol

We drove 2 hours to a town in Belgium called Bastonge, it is where the battle of the bulge took place, and there are a lot of WWII memorials and museums thanking the americans. The first museum we went was to was very cool, it had rooms set up to look like the town when they were bombed, and they were all filled with toys and household objects that made it through the war, and it was in english! there were a few memorials on the sides of roads where battles took place, or there were american foxholes. Seemed like they were very randomly placed, but they were very well taken care of, and most of them even had flowers in front of them, it was nice to see the appreication for America. There is also a very big monument to the Americans, it has all the states carved into it, and plaques about the war, its huge! They also have a museum set up, that is in english filled with old uniforms and tanks and guns,but they didnt let us take any pictures there. All in all it was a very good day, learned a lot about the battle of the bulge. so heres some pictures of our day, rainy cold day, but it was a fun day.