Beautiful white marble crosses all in a row.
Reflecting pool and Chapel
Sat., May 14
The day started with beautiful blue skies, and after a filling breakfast, we rode our bikes 3.2 miles west of town to the American Military Cemetery at Cambridge. It was only slightly up hill and a nice ride, with bike paths paralleling the road. By the time we got there, there were quite a few clouds, but still patches of blue. It was really quite beautiful! Alan had called the cemetery before we left to find out if we could bring flowers for the grave of Virginia's brother, Clint Cavett, killed during World War II. I think he was 19 years old. They said we could and told us of a florist just 300 yds. beyond the cemetery. So we went there and had a young woman do an arrangement for us in about 15 minutes. When we arrived at the cemetery we were greeted by 2 men, dressed in coat and ties. They welcomed us and took us out to Clint's grave, helped us position the flowers, placed a US flag on one side and a Union Jack on the other. They also took sand, which they said came from Omaha beach and rubbed it over the letters on Clint's white marble cross so that they would show up in pictures. They assured us that it would wash away and not hurt the beautiful white cross. Then they played a recording of taps and took pictures of us. We were quite impressed. One of the men was named Malcomb "Ozzie" Ozburn. He was a Brit and was a real World War II buff. He offered to give us a tour, and he was very interesting. Then we wandered on our own, taking lots of pictures of this beautifully designed and kept cemetery. It was really our first opportunity to take any pictures since arriving! We found a bench outside the park where we could eat a little snack before the trip home.
The trip home was a breeze. We hardly had to peddle. We rested up for a while and then headed out again by bike to buy our Senior Rail Passes. We took some interesting biking and walking paths, getting a little lost along the way. But we made it, and now can buy rail tickets for quite a bit less. We came back by the City Centre and picked up a few groceries at Sainsbury's. We ate a late supper and turned in, rather exhausted.
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