ArtKramr wrote:
Subject: Bridge at Remagen?
From: "Keith Willshaw"
Date: 2/6/04 6:42 AM Pacific Standard Time
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Was the bridge at Remagen ever rebuilt?


No , I drove past the spot some years ago and the towers are still there
but the span was never rebuilt. There was US flag on the West
Bank tower IRC, a plaque and a small museum.

Keith





It wouild be interesting to speculate as to why it was never rebuilt. No longer
needed? National humiliation? If the latter I would think all traces would have
been removed, towers and all. Any theories?

According to the site, it was only built as a military link. The
post-war German govt had no need of such.

The Germans are to be commended for their determination to remember
their 20th century militarism, in order to avoid repeating mistakes. I
suppose leaving another memorial here is part of that.

Weren't you tempted to buy a stone?

John