American Cemetery

I wanted to mention one other place we visited a couple of weeks ago in Anzio.  We went with Elder and Sister Memmott and again they drove because of the snow tire thing.  Anzio is where the allies landed in WWII to liberate Italy.  In a short 6 months, 44,000 lives were lost.  There are two cemeteries--British and American.  We first went to the British cemetery where about 3000 are buried--the thing that is so touching in this cemetery is that the families of the deceased were contacted and they sent a small message to be printed on the headstone.  Very emotional and humbling.  The American cemetery has 7000 graves--I felt as if I were in a small Arlington Cemetery.  The grounds are immaculate (as where the British).  Again, a very humbling experience.  The Italian people celebrate a day of Thanksgiving to commemorate the day of their liberation from the Nazis.  We enjoyed the day and found a small restaurant that we really enjoyed.  We will be going again.

 British Cemetery

American Cemetery