Citizens of allied countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Northern Africa, as well as visiting and ex-pat Americans regularly commemorate important events that occurred at or near American military cemeteries and memorials overseas.
You are most welcome to visit ABMC’s 26 cemeteries or 32 memorials.
For information about arranging a visit, please contact us.
2022 EVENTS
JUNE 4th
Eyes of the World – from D-Day to V-E Day
Kennedy Center, Washington DC
MAY 8th
VE- DAY
Small events at all European WWII ABMC cemeteries in France, England, Belgium and Italy
MAY 28th – 30th
Memorial Day
Small local events held at each ABMC cemetery, except at Mexico City National Cemetery and Corozal American Cemetery, Panama City, due to Covid-19 restrictions
APRIL 26th
Operation Benjamin headstone replacement ceremony for PVT
Marvin Ashkenas, Epinal, France
APRIL 26th
Operation Benjamin headstone replacements ceremony for MJR Maxwell Papurt, 2LT Howard Feldman, and PVT Albert Belmont
Lorraine, France
APRIL 27th
Operation Benjamin headstone replacement ceremony for 2LT Kenneth Robinson, 2LT Joseph Sugarman
Ardennes, Belgium
May 28th
ABMC Memorial Day events:
Luxembourg; Sicily-Rome; Belgium: Ardennes; Henri-Chapelle
May 29th
ABMC Memorial Day events:
France: Aisne-Marne, Brittany, Lafayette Escadrille; Normandy, Oise-Aisne, Rhone, Suresnes; Netherlands: Margraten; England: Brookwood; Belgium: Flanders Field; Philippines: Manilla
May 30th
ABMC Memorial Day events:
Tunisia, N. Africa; Cambridge, England; Florence, Italy; Clark, Philippines
JUNE 6th
78th Anniversary of the Landings
Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
AUGUST
78th Commemoration Operation Dragoon
Rhone American Cemetery, Draguignan, France
AUGUST
80th Commemoration of the Battle of Guadalcanal
Midway Island
SEPTEMBER
Liberation Concert
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
NOVEMBER 11th
Veterans Day / Armistice Day
Local ceremonies vary across ABMC
DECEMBER
78th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
PAST EVENTS
JANUARY
78th Commemoration Sicily-Rome landings
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy