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Five things you may not know about Somme American Cemetery

7/6/2023

The American Battle Monuments Commission’s (ABMC) Somme American Cemetery is located in the small French village of Bony, in the Hauts-de-France region. How well do you know this site?

Operation Benjamin and American Battle Monuments Commission rededicate the final resting places for three Jewish soldiers buried in France

6/12/2023

The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC), in coordination with Operation Benjamin, replaced the Latin Cross headstones marking the graves of three Jewish American servicemembers in France—one buried at Norm

The American Battle Monuments Commission lays to rest unknown U.S. WWI soldier in France more than a century after death

6/7/2023

WWI soldier Burial ceremony announcement

WWI Unknown soldier’s remains unearthed after more than a century, to be laid to rest at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, June 7, 2023

5/31/2023

On June 7, 2023, ABMC will inter the remains of an unknown WWI soldier at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France, one of ABMC’s eight WWI cemeteries located overseas.

ABMC pays heartfelt tribute to America's fallen overseas during Memorial Day, a hundred years after it was created

5/30/2023

More than 500,000 Americans lost their lives in World War I and World War II defending freedom and democracy far from home.

Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. Luther Story laid to final rest more than 70 years after death in Korean War

5/30/2023

More than seven decades since his death during the Korean War, Medal of Honor recipient

The American Battle Monuments Commission commemorates Memorial Day at Flanders Field American Cemetery

5/30/2023

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ABMC centennial documentary: "Our Promise"

ABMC documentary to be screened at World War II Museum, New Orleans

5/24/2023

To mark a hundred years of commemoration, ABMC released a unique 56-minute documentary, "Our Promise: 100 years of the American Battle Monuments Commission."

A century of Memorial Day at American Battle Monuments Commission

5/22/2023

This year, the American Battle Monuments Commission is celebrating its centennial, having been established on March 4, 1923. Throughout its history, ABMC has been proud to honor and recognize fallen U.S. service members with Memorial Day events at its cemeteries and memorials.