Parking restrictions are in place at North Africa American Cemetery. Visitors are invited to park outside the cemetery. The main gate is closed during operating hours, and visitors must access the site via the pedestrian gate.
ABMC has determined that the Commission has sufficient prior year funds to continue operating in the event of a U.S. Government shutdown this week.
ABMC manages 27 monuments, memorials and markers around the globe, each necessitating its own unique, maintenance plan to ensure these sites continue to meet the standards set by the agency.
In September 1944, about eight months prior to the end of World War II, Allied forces began liberating southern portions of the Netherlands to include the town of Margraten, where the Netherlands American Cemetery exists today.
During the Ypres-Lys Campaign of World War I, four American divisions fought alongside their Allied counterparts in Belgium and northeastern France, providing critical reinforcements to war-weary armies that had been fighting for four long years.
World War I saw the introduction of technologies and methods of warfare never experienced before. No developments proved more revolutionary than those related to air power.
Renovations to the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Visitor Center will begin September 9, 2015. This construction will impact parking and access to the visitor center. The cemetery will remain open with normal operating hours during this work.
In 1942 the Allies faced a difficult situation in Europe. Almost the entire continent remained Axis-controlled.
Located along the northwestern portion of the Hawaiian island chain, Midway Atoll marks the location of the pivotal, World War II Battle of Midway.