Contact information Cemetery Henri-Chapelle

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The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm except December 25 and January 1. It is open on host country holidays. When the cemetery is open to the public, a staff member is on duty in the Visitors' Building to answer questions and escort relatives to grave and memorial sites.

Adoption program:

Already during the war, Belgian people from the neighborhood of the Henri-Chapelle Temporary Cemetery were taking care of some of the final resting places of soldiers, sailors and airmen in the cemetery. After the war these and many other people started adopting the graves of America's finest at Henri-Chapelle cemetery.

These days there are still a number of final resting places available for adoption. Adopting a final resting place means that you visit the grave of "your" soldier, it's up to you how many times you are there, just remember that these men paid with their lives for your freedom. Adopting and visiting a grave is the least we can do in return. If you want to place flowers on the grave then please consider that only fresh flowers are allowed on the cemetery, any other decoration is not allowed ! If you want to take care of the grave of one of your liberators, then please contact the Henri-Chapelle cemetery at the address or phonenumber above.

Location:

The Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial lies 2 miles northwest of the village of Henri-Chapelle which is on the main highway from Liege, Belgium to Aachen, Germany (18 miles/29 km from Liege or 10 miles/16 km from Aachen). It can be reached by train from Paris (Gare du Nord 5 ˝ hours), from Brussels (2 hours) and Liege, Belgium, or from Germany via Aachen, to Welkenraedt, Belgium, where taxicab service to the cemetery, 4 ˝ miles distant, is available. To reach the cemetery by automobile, follow N-3 from Liege or Aachen to the road fork in Henri-Chapelle, thence northwest on N-18 to the cemetery; or, from Margraten follow Aachen highway east approximately 1 mile/1.6 km, then turn right on Aubel Road 7.5 miles/12 km to Hagelstein, thence left on N-18 to the cemetery or by AutoRoute E-5, Liege or Aachen to the Battice exit and then turn right onto N-3 to Henri-Chapelle.

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