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Originally Posted by TColvin
At some point then and 1985 when I next visited it, the association between the Museum and 3 BID vanished. The Museum was hijacked for another cause. The question is why was it, and how was that possible?
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Tony, never knew it was a 3 BID museum first! The association must have vanished during the time it was not politically correct to give lots of attention to military history, the type of heroic men and machines, that is. The museum became the National War and Resistance Museum, placing greater emphasis on the occupation and opression than on the military action that took place around Overloon. One of the major artefacts depicting the fierce tank battle, the
Sherman "Cookie", was recently sold. The museum is now called the Liberty Park. We have no real recent military tradition like the UK and Canada, so why try to remember, eh?
This video (turn down the corny music) gives a view of the days when most of the artefacts were still outside.
H.