Lafayette Escadrille Memorial and Cemetery

For training purposes, the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery will close at noon this Thursday November 14 and will reopen for normal operational hours on Friday Nov. 15. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Rows of headstones in autumn at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.
Pictures of St. Mihiel American Cemetery with headstones. Credits: American Battle Monuments Commission/ Robert Uth
D-Day landing

The U.S. flag flies over the graves at Lorraine American Cemetery

This November, ABMC will commemorate Veterans Day throughout its cemeteries across the world to pay tribute to the men and women buried and memorialized at its sites.

ABMC seal
Picture of Epinal American Cemetery. Credits: American Battle Monuments Commission/ Robert Uth
six new posters added to collection

The American Battle Monuments Commission released six new posters in its vintage-style poster collection in October – the Belle

Signal Corps telephone operators arrive in France, 1918

At Suresnes American Cemetery in 2021, the inscription on Inez Ann Murphy Crittenden’s headstone was changed from “Civilian” to “Chief Operator Signal Corps.” The inscription change, requested by a family member, was just o