Next to the monument.

A freestanding interpretive marker mounted on a single metal post, featuring a historic photograph of the Texas flag flying over the Wehrtor (town gate) in Bad Berka, Germany, after its liberation by U.S. forces on 22 March 1945. The marker includes bilingual German and English text describing the connection between Bad Berka and the U.S. 36th Infantry Division, particularly the 142nd Infantry Regiment, which participated in the town's liberation.

Source of photos: Martin Galle

Warum weht hier die Flagge von Texas?

Why do we fly the Texas Flag?

Die Flagge von Texas

Wurde der 36. US Infanterie

Division vom texanischen Gouverneur

C. Stevenson geschickt. Die Soldaten

des 142. Infanterie Regimentes

prasenblerten sie zur Einnahme des

Deutschen Weintors am 22. März 1945

Bild: National Archives

https://www.archives.gov

The flag of Texas, sent by

Gov. Coke Stevenson of Texas, flies

over the German Wine Gate at the

borderline town of Schweigen.

22 March 1945,

142nd Infantry Regiment.

SC 203262, credit NARA.

Wir erinnern damit an die Befreiung Bad Bergzaberns vom Nationalsozialismus durch die Soldaten der 36. US Infanterie Division am Abend des 22. März 1945

We remember the liberation of Bad Bergzabern from the National Socialists by the men of the 36th US Infantry Division on the evening of the 22nd of March 1945

Westwallmuseum Bad Bergzabern