Bush arrives at war cemetery for VE day memorial

(8 May 2005) SHOTLIST

1. US President George Bush's motorcade arriving at Margraten cemetery
2. President Bush and Laura Bush getting out of car and being greeted
3. Wide of President Bush and Laura Bush standing in front of entrance to cemetery building
4. Long view of President Bush as he walks into building

STORYLINE

US President George W. Bush, who is in the Netherlands for VE (Victory in Europe ) day, arrived at Margraten war cemetery on Sunday to pay tribute to US soldiers who died in World War II.

He will be spending the day at the cemetery, Europe's third largest cemetery for American veterans.

Sunday marks the 60th anniversary of the May 1945 signing of the Berlin armistice that ended the war in Europe.

Bush arrived on Saturday night in the Netherlands, a socially liberal nation where he is widely unpopular.

But in the region around the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, hard by the country's borders with Belgium and Germany, Americans also are fondly remembered for liberating the Netherlands from the Nazis.

Many local Dutch still bring flowers to the 8,300 gravesites, arranged in sweeping arcs of white marble crosses, in honour of the deaths incurred by US Forces.

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