There are few places in Brabant where time has stood still. Brabant people often feel that time has stood still and cherish their history and the familiar old image of their forefathers. Here and there in the landscape and in small villages you can still find the old farms and barns of yesteryear, sometimes more than a hundred years old. Of course, there are the cities with a medieval character like Breda and ‘s-Hertogenbosch, but slowly Brabant too will be overtaken by the ravages of time. One of the locations in Gemonde where time has stood still are the barns and farm at the T-junction of Sint Lambertusweg and Oude Boomgaard. Really everything is redolent with 1944. 

On 25 October 1944, the farmyard is buzzing with activity. Two days earlier, the staff of the 152nd Brigade of the 51st Highland Division has set up its headquarters here. Tables are used to set up radios and put down maps. There is a kitchen for cooking for the officers. Motorcyclists and trucks drive back and forth with messages and supplies. Telephone wires hang in the trees to the front line. Here and there a tent has been put up as are beds in the sheds. 

On 24 October 1944, more than a hundred British and American Airbornes walked from the Kampina to Boxtel and liberated the town; a day later they continue their march to the headquarters of the 152nd Brigade here to some rest, get something to eat and freshen up. Many photos are taken and the men relax and smoke a cigarette together, before being taken in trucks to Brussels and from there back to England.

We kindly request visitors to respect the residents. They know their special history, but prefer not to have visitors just walking or cycling into the farmyard.