Tours and Museums

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Tours

Amazon. A Tour of the Bulge Battlefield by William C. C. Cavanagh.

Itinerary Suggestion for British veterans of the Battle of the Bulge, by Guy Blockmans.

Tours Inernational is organizing a "Battle of the Bulge 60th Anniversary Tour" (Dec. 13–18), guided by William C. C. Cavanagh, author of A Tour of the Bulge Battlefield.

Destinations Europe has a page on the Battle of the Bulge.

Dr. Thomson's Tours , with a nice gallery of modern photos. Includes the U.S. Military Cemetery in Luxembourg, Patton's grave

Museums

Ardennen Poteau '44 Museum in Poteau-St. Vith, Belgium. Larger than some of the others, this museum boasts an impressive collection of vintage armor (even a Russian SU-100 for completeness' sake), and visitor rides on a halftrack.

The Battle of the Bulge in Museums from CRIBA. A complete list, with descriptions and visiting information.

Museum of the Battle of the Bulge ("musée de la Bataille des Ardennes") in La-Roche-en-Ardenne. The museum is focused on the British contribution to the battle. At present, it's a single-page website.

Bastogne Historical Center, Bastogne, Belgium.

December 1944 Museum in Gleize-Stoumont, Belgium. Promises 15 dioramas and 85 dummies.

Royal Museum of the [Belgian] Army in Brussels, Belgium. It's not clear to me how much Battle-of-the-Bulge material they have.

General Patton Memorial Museum in Ettelbruck, Lexembourg.

The 385th Bomb Group Memorial Museum in Perlé, Luxembourg. Not a Battle of the Bulge museum, this commemorates two B-17 "Flying Fortresses" that crashed in Perlé on their way to a bombing raid over Germany.

Association des musées de la bataille des Ardennes ("Associate of Museums of the Battle of the Ardennes") includes Bugle museum links.

Luxembourg's National Museum of Military History. This site crashes my browser, so I haven't explored it fully.

Memorials

Monuments in the Ardennes . Comprehensive list from Dave Depickere's World War II, Analyzed!

The Mardasson Memorial Text of the memorial.

Commonwealth War Cemetery, Hotton, Belgium.

Info on the 53rd Welsh Division's Monument in Hotton by Guy Blockmans.

"Bastogne Honors the Crew of its Tank" by Patrick J. Kearney, 11th Armored Division Association. The Sherman tank on display in Bastogne is painted with the insignia of both the 11th and 4th Armored Divisions.

Travel Info on Belgium with a good photo of the Mardasson Memorial. See other pages to the left, including Bastogne.

Commemorations

Bastogne: 60th anniversary events. The city, the US cemeteries and local business have a full year of scheduled events.

Belgian Tourist Office: WWI and WWII Museums and Cemeteries, with phone numbers, addresses, etc.

Information on the Battle of the Bulge Memorial Day, December 21 (CRIBA).

Fort Indianatown Gap, PA is having a commemoration from January 25–30, 2005.

Cafe Press is making t-shirts and other commemoration merchandise. Unfortunately, when they make one thing they can make everything. Therefore, they've mocked up pictures of the logo on not only t-shirts, but BBQ aprons, frisbees, teddy bears, dog shirts, boxer shorts, even women's thongs.

Cemeteries

"There was an American Cemetery at Fosses" by Andre Gany, translated by Marcel Gustin. About a temporary American cemetary at Fosses.

The American Military Cemeteries of the Battle of the Bulge from CRIBA.