Cambridge American Cemetery

Yesterday Chuck and I visited the Cambridge American Cemetery.  We have passed it several times on our way to Cambridge and it was a stop on the Cambridge City Tour we took last week.  The day started out a bit cool and cloudy and the cemetery was still filled with the flowers for the memorial that had taken place the day before, Memorial Day at home.  It was the 75th Anniversary of the Friendly Invasion. The Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is the only World War II American military in the UK.  The land for the cemetery was donated by the University of Cambridge and declared a permanent burial ground by the British government.  The grounds are breathtaking with gorgeous flowers and a reflecting pool.  We spent quite a while just wandering through the walkways among the white crosses and Stars of David looking at the names and home states of the fallen service members. This is an excerpt from  www.visitcambridge.org

The cemetery was first opened on 7th December 1943 as one of three temporary American cemeteries in the United Kingdom. After the war, on land donated by the University of Cambridge, it was chosen as the only permanent World War II American cemetery in Britain. It is the final resting place of 3,812 men and women who gave their lives in the Battle of the Atlantic, the strategic bombing campaign over Europe, those who died in the invasion of Europe and who were killed in training exercises on British soil. The lives of another 5,127 men and women whose bodies were never recovered are commemorated on a Wall of the Missing.

After we left the cemetery, we made our way to Tesco.  We bought more groceries (especially my favorite, McVities Digestive Biscuits.  For those of you who don't know, biscuits are cookies in the UK.  I wonder if I can get these when we get home? I'll have to check Amazon.)

I can't end the blog until I post more photos of Tillie and Gracie.

Tomorrow we go to the Royal Mail Post Office to pay the taxes on Frankie, our little gray Renault Clio.  We also plan to do some sightseeing in Cambridge and maybe lunch or dinner at a nice pub or pizza on the rooftop at the restaurant we saw last week on the city tour.