British War Dead Reinturned In South Carolina.

[DoorPosition]

You read that right. Several British and American KIAs from The Battle of Camden, 1780 were discovered last year and recently exhumed by archaeologists. Appears they will all be reburied together in a purpose made cemetary on the battlefield north of the Columbia, SC area. Curious that the Americans were draped with "Betsy Ross" flags as this has become a bit of a controversial symbol to some.

I'm on the fence about the burial location. I like the idea of resting them in the grounds where they all fell together but I also feel like they should be reburied together in a larger, prominent military cemetary surrounded by the hundreds of their brothers fallen throughout the last couple centuries.



As we have a sizable Brit presence here and we revere British bikes I though some would find this intriguing.

Unknown, but unforgotten: Revolutionary War soldiers honored

 

[DaveM]

I watched this on the news, what a great thing for them to do.

 

[DoorPosition]

The practice is not as uncommon here as one would think. There are actually numerous foreigners buried in the States, both individually and in organized cemeteries. This is not counting foreigners who immigrated to the US but those killed in action or in training. For example- There's 17 German submariners from U-352 buried in a military cemetary in Charleston, SC and there's a British War Cemetary in Arcadia, FL for several dive bomber cadets killed in training in nearby airfields during early WW2. 5 dozen foreigners are buried in Arlington, mostly aircrewman from mixed nationality-crewed aircraft to include one S.African. These sites are well maintained and their countrymen visit them regularly, esp on days of remembrance.

This is a Brit crewman from the HMT Bedfordshire, sunk off Hatteras, North Carolina by U-558 in '42. All hands were lost and of those bodies found, were typically buried locally as far north as Virginia where they gradually washed ashore. This plot and one or two others are in Ocracoke, NC.

 

[Greyfell]

The USA doesn't always do, or isn't, right all the time. But, I have to give credit in this matter.