News & Events

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 1917.

News

Signal Corps telephone operators arrive in France, 1918
News

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

Events

Fountain and Chapel at Rhone American Cemetery
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The American Battle Monuments Commission will mark the 80th anniversary of the landings in the South of France in support of Operation Dragoon with a ceremony at the Rhone American Cemetery on Aug. 16, 2024, at 11:30 a.m. CET.

meuse-argonne american cemetery lithograph
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Join us for a tour of Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery

meuse-argonne american cemetery lithograph