About the ABMC
ABMC is an agency of the executive branch of the federal government, honoring the service, achievements and sacrifices of the U.S. armed forces abroad since April 6, 1917. ABMC manages and maintains 26 cemeteries and 30 federal memorials, monuments, and commemorative markers throughout the world. The commission also maintains three memorials in the United States.
Media Contact
For U.S.-based press queries, contact
Alison Bettencourt at bettencourta@abmc.gov.
For Europe-based press queries, contact
Hélène Chaulin at chaulinh@abmc.gov.
JUNE 6, 2019
75th Anniversary of D-Day at Normandy American Cemetery
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On January 22, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. there will be a ceremony at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery in memory of the service members who died during the Allied landings at Anzio and Nettuno. Events this day also will include the illumination of over 7,800 graves. Events marking 75th anniversaries of World...
The U.S. Air Force will conduct a flyover and the Royal British Legion will lay a wreath at Cambridge American Cemetery (CAAC) on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, in honor of the 10 crewmembers of the B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed “Mi Amigo,” who died seventy-five years ago while returning from a combat...
To help tell the story of the nearly 9,000 members of the U.S. armed forces buried or memorialized at Cambridge American Cemetery in England, construction of a new visitor center began Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) expects to open the visitor center in late...