June 22 Holten Commonwealth Cemetery

We saw the first interpretive centre we are aware of for a WW II commonwealth Cemetary. At Holten the centre describes the Liberation of Holland, some of the stories of those buried there and more inside. The Cemetary itself has an enormous garden at the entrance.

These coloured lines mark the march of the Canadian divisions through Holland.  The 4th, Dad's division is in purple.

Holten is larger, more elegant and has an enormous fore garden to go through before you reach the cemetery itself. All around the cemetery are plantings of rhododendrons.

The lavender was everywhere.