Directions to the Memorial Day Ceremonies at the Henri-Chapelle Cemetery

The World War II Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial is located two miles northeast of the village of Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, which is on the main highway from Liège to Aachen. (Aachen was the first German city captured by American troops in World War II.) Henri-Chapelle is 4.5 miles northwest of the Welkenraedt Exit on the Aachen-Antwerp Autoroute. Welkenraedt is the nearest railroad station with taxi service to the cemetery.

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If you are traveling by car from Brussels, take the E-40 in the direction Aachen. Then take the exit for Battice and follow the signs to the village of Henri-Chapelle (about 14 kilometers.) At the entrance to the village, the cemetery is sign-posted to the left.