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On these pages, Memorial Day has unfolded slowly over the past months, from the time a man in Holland first told us he had been tending the grave of an American soldier who had lost his life on European soil.

“I propose to do the same following the worst one since then.”

The envelope was decorated with little American flag stickers.The letter inside read: 'You are cordially invited to meet and greet the next president of the United States -- Nigel Bostwick Armbruster. via PressConnects.com

“Now I am hoping that there is someone still around who knew John Thomas personally, maybe as a friend or classmate or a buddy in the Army.”

Over the years, Erwin Flohr sometimes stopped to pay his respects at the American Cemetery in Margraten, near his home in the Netherlands. via PressConnects.com