"Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in WWII have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for the Black American liberators."
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