U.S. Memorial Wereth

22/05/2026

Dear Friends, pls find here the link to photos and videos of our last ceremony of May 9, 2026. A little fun for this nice sunny weekend. ENJOY!

Pls note already the date of next year: May 22, 2027.

From our photographer Paul McKelvie:
WERETH MEMORIAL WERETH 2026 | Flickr

From the journalist Gerd Hennen
Wereth Memorial Feier 2026 - GrenzEcho

VIDEOS:
From our cameraman Michel Legraive:

complete ceremony 1 hour
https://youtu.be/aieehYlP5EQ

summary about 6’
https://youtu.be/SA7XLOgRfoY

Le 11 septembre 1994, Hermann Langer a érigé une petite croix de pi...

16/05/2026

WERETH, Belgium – Col. Charles Douglas, deputy commander of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, traveled to Belgium on May 9 to honor the memory of 11 African American Soldiers from the 333rd Field

15/05/2026

THANK YOU Hattie Maxwell, Commander of National Association of Black Veterans for all these golden Certificates:
44 to the flag bearers, 28 to the volunteers and 10 to the students.

15/05/2026

And of course by our staff photographer Paul McKelvie:

WERETH MEMORIAL WERETH 2026 | Flickr

others by Ramond Robaye:

https://os5.mycloud.com/action/share/5652f6d0-0ba3-4a5d-bade-92524180e628

Still some photos and videos to follow.
ENJOY!

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15/05/2026

We were very honored to welcome Ambassador Bill White in the Langer's house and to the ceremony. Pls enjoy pictures from the US Embassy and from Raymond Robaye:

https://os5.mycloud.com/action/share/e9cfe6bb-0eaa-42ed-b881-af7faa8cbb7c
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCTmGU

Explore this photo album by usembassybelgium on Flickr!

15/05/2026

We thank Gerd Hennen for his detailed articles and stunning photos, follow the link:
Wereth Memorial Feier 2026 - GRENZECHO.net

15/05/2026

A special THANKS goes to all our valued sponsors and supporters of this fantastic event of May 9, 2026

15/05/2026

Our association U.S. Memorial Wereth V.o.G. wants to THANKS the participants, service members, speakers, flag bearers, volunteers, guests...all who worked making this event again a very special one!
It started with the article of Gerd Hennen on Thursday May 7, 2026:
Kip Price wrote: In South Carolina on April 2 the passing of the Wereth 11 Remembrance Day. I am so excited and full of joy. The first state to do it and hopefully not the last. Once I was able to share with Matthew Hilley all about the story, also giving them the Emmy nominated movie and book they did not waste any time as they went above and beyond the call of duty. I contacted people from Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Ohio, Mississippi and they are getting the word out about their Heroes of the Wereth 11 from their states. They never knew about it until now.
I wanted to continue my good friend Mr Joe Smalls mission on educating people from these states and to also find any living relatives. I am sure Mr Smalls is smiling from heaven. I have talked to Mr Jessie Adams the son of PVT Curtis Adams from Anderson, SC and it was an honor and my pleasure talking to him.
As you recall Mr Jessie was only 2 years old when his Dad was killed during the Battle of the Bulge in Wereth, Belgium.
Matthew Hilley and friends next mission is to get passed a National Wereth 11 Remembrance day for the entire country!
The links below should give you all that you need.
Honor for Heroes Making History - Wereth 11 Remembrance Day
http://www.honor4heroes.com/

11/05/2026

Ausgezeichnete Fotos von unserem Fotografen Paul Mckelvie.
Danke Paul

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06/09/2025

Today let us remember the birthday of Technical Sergeant James Aubrey Stewart, born on 9th November 1907 in Alabama in U.S. one of the Wereth 11 of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, murdered by the SS on 17th December 1944
James A.Stewart
in Wereth (Belgium). He fought for our peace and lost his young life.

I died in defense of Liberty, Justice and Freedom, which I myself did not have.
with my life ended in anguish, my valor ensured the freedom of democracy for many a nation and its people.
Let no forget my name.

My name is James Aubrey Stewart. I was born in September 1907, and I'm the oldest one of the soldiers killed here on 17th December 1944. A father figure to the other, younger soldiers, no doubt. I went to school and was a baseball pitcher for the all-black „Piedmont Giants". And giants, we were! After graduation I worked as a bricklayer and a carpenter in the Paper Mill, just as my father did.
My parents are James and Emma Stewart. I have two brothers, Harry and Leslie, and three sisters, Mary Magnolia, Franchion and Isabelle. My family is everything to me. People say I'm kind and gentle, blessed with ambition and compassion.
At my age, life experience makes you who you are, really. I was in my mid-30s when I decided to leave my family, a safe job, the life I knew so far, and I signed up to fight overseas. I was too old to be drafted, so I volunteered. A family man, inside and out, it didn't take me long to connect to the men in my Battalion.
Playing baseball with Jimmie, keeping up morale, that's me. You can tell from my letters to my family - whether telling them about being at a Marlene Dietrich show, telling Mum to take it easy and my sisters to do as the doctor says, or telling them about the good music I'm listening to.
But the cruelty of this war, the bayonet wounds, my fractured skull, the truth of what happened here, Mom and Dad, you never found out. My dear nephew Rick, years later, travelled to Wereth, met the Langer family, stood right here, remembering me. The „Invisible Eleven", no more.
And as the snow is falling, Hearts are beating.
Killed in Action?
Not killed in vain.