Battle of the Bulge

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3 days/2 nights

Day 1 • Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial - Hamm • General Patton Memorial Museum, Ettelbruck • Meal at St Fiacre • Battle of the Bulge Museum, Wiltz + © Ortal Pattonsquare Ettelbruck National Brewery Museum, Wiltz • Meal in Hotel Koener’s restaurant • Overnight stay at the Château d’Urspelt

Day 2 • Troisvierges: Smugglers’ Trail • Meal at Le Terminus restaurant • December 44 Museum • Visit to Saint-Vith • Meal and overnight stay at the Château d’Urspelt

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YourYour own own memory memory cross-border experienceexperience What to expect:

Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memoria - Hamml: Visit to Saint-Vith: see evidence of the fighting that began on Luxembourg’s only American military cemetery contains the 16 December 44 in this gateway town, which had an important graves of 5,075 American soldiers, including General Patton. strategic location. General Patton Memorial Museum, Ettelbruck: this museum 101st Airborne Division Museum: located in a former Belgian pays tribute to General Patton, Commander of the U.S. Third army officers’ mess, this museum presents the history of the Army, which liberated Ettelbruck on 25 December 1944. 101st Airborne Division and units involved in the Siege of Battle of the Bulge Museum, Wiltz: this museum explores Bastogne in December 1944–January 1945. the pain and suffering of soldiers and local people amidst the Bastogne War Museum: this historical centre, which focuses inevitable human and material losses caused by the pursuit on the Battle of the Bulge, provides an immersive experience of freedom. with its interactive displays and exhibits presenting individual National Brewery Museum, Wiltz: in the château’s former and collective histories. stables with its historic ”Jhang Primus” café and microbrewery, Hotton Cemetery: 666 Commonwealth soldiers and airmen this museum will appeal to all beer drinkers and collectors. lie here, including an 18-year-old Belgian who fought with the Troisvierges: The Smugglers’ Trail illustrates and recreates the 53rd Welsh Division. actual routes taken by smugglers bringing human cargo into La Roche-en-Ardenne Battle of the Bulge Museum: this Belgium. museum highlights the British role in the Allied counteroffensive December 44 Museum: presenting the winter 44 offensive in from 3 to 16 January 1945 and liberation of villages on the left the village of La Gleize (Malmedy). bank of the Ourthe.

Contact

Céline Lichterte +32 (0)42 79 69 80 [email protected]

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