For nearly two years, the American Cemetery in Margraten, The Netherlands — solemn site of more than 8,300 graves of Americans who died freeing Europe from Nazi rule — displayed commemorative panels honoring the Black military personnel who fought for freedom abroad that they were denied at home.

Until, in early March, the panels were quietly removed, almost certainly as part of the Trump Administration effort to cleanse American history of conflict and negativism and to play down the separate contributions of minorities.

The removal sparked a reaction that is anything but quiet. The development has been front-page news in the Netherlands, lawmakers are beseeching American officials to return the panels, and relatives of those buried in the cemetery in the southern part of the Netherland

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