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Green grass and white headstones cover the ground at Netherlands American Cemetery.
Netherlands American Cemetery hosted its annual Dodenherdenking Ceremony on May 4, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.
Similar to Memorial Day in the United States, two minutes of silence is observed nationwide in the Netherlands on this day.
The ceremony included:
- Playing of Taps
- Two minutes of silence
- National anthems of the United States and the Netherlands
- Lowering of the flags of the United States and the Netherlands
- Folding of both flags by the local children