Alabama provided 5,000 National Guardsmen, 7,000 other volunteers, and 74,000 selected servicemen (draftees) to the U.S. Army during World War I. Over 2,500 Alabamians died fighting in France.
Washington Boulevard, which runs in front of Suresnes American Cemetery, will be closed to cars the morning of Sunday, March 25, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to noon due to an organized run in the city of Suresnes. The cemetery will operate during normal hours that day.
The observation deck doors at the top of Montfaucon Monument are locked due to high winds and rain. When the weather moderates they will be unlocked. You can still see the battlefield, however, the view is quite restricted.
The Pointe Du Hoc Visitor Center will be closed on Friday, January 26, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Deputy Secretary Robert J. Dalessandro swore in retired Maj. Gen. William M. Matz, Jr., as the new secretary of the American Battle Monuments Commission on January 9, 2018. Appointed by President Donald J. Trump on January 8, 2018, Secretary Matz is a decorated, Vietnam combat infantry veteran.
The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery is temporarily closed as of January 8, 2018 due to downed trees in the area. The site will be reopened as soon as it is determined safe for visitors.
Netherlands American Cemetery will host The Faces of Margraten May 2-6, 2018. Organized by the Stichting Verenigde Adoptanten Amerikaanse Oorlogsgraven (SVAAO), The Faces of Margraten works to bring a face to every person honored at Netherlands American Cemetery.
Driving through northern France today, it’s hard to imagine the brutal fighting that occurred 100 years ago. The pock-marked ground, barren landscape and trenches of World War I are now softened and hidden by time.
As a 12-year-old girl Marie-Thérèse Huppertz lived in the small Belgian village of Pepinster. In winter 1944, American soldiers arrived in her village needing places to stay.