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Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Visitor Center Temporarily Closed

Due to flooding, the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Visitor Center is currently closed. It will reopen as soon as possible. The cemetery remains open. Please email the cemetery staff with any questions.

 

Edit: The Visitor Center at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery reopened Tuesday 4 February 2020.

About American Battle Monuments Commission:
This independent agency of the American federal government honors the services, the actions and the sacrifices of the American Armed Forces who served on foreign soil since April 6, 1917. ABMC administers, operates and maintains 26 permanent American burial grounds and 29 separate memorials, monuments and marks, on foreign soil. It also maintains three memorials in the United States.

About American Overseas Memorial Day Association:
The AOMDA was founded in 1920 to honor the memory of the American victims of the two world wars who lay in American military cemeteries and in isolated graves in Europe. The AOMDA also helps to coordinate and sponsors the Memorial Day ceremonies in the American military cemeteries in Europe.

Press contact: Astrid Gaudefroy gaudefroya@ambc.gov / +33(0)6 07 59 85 14