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In conjunction with Memorial Day ceremonies
on May 27, 1978, at Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten,
a local school was rededicated as Maurice Rose School. Holding
the left corner of a scroll attesting to the Dedication is Mireillel
F. Haans, the student who originated the idea of naming the school
after a soldier buried at Margraten. The scroll includes the
phrase in Dutch that "the naming is done to establish a
continuing link between the valiant deeds of the American soldiers
and the future represented by the school."
Update in Sept., 2004: Our website correspondent in The Netherlands, Mr.
Dennis Reijnders, reports that the school is listed in the Margraten
phone directory as follows:
R.K. Basisschool "Maurice Rose"
President Kennedystr. 2
6269 CC Margraten
The address is within walking distance from
the cemetery and on a very appropriate street - President Kennedy
Street. Dennis also reports that "R.K. Basisschool"
in Dutch means Roman Catholic Elementary School.
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