ABMC’s Burial and Memorial Electronic Directory (BMeD) will be unavailable between 3 p.m. August 6, and 3 p.m. August 7, to undergo system maintenance.
ABMC’s Burial and Memorial Electronic Directory (BMeD) will be unavailable between 3 p.m. August 6, and 3 p.m. August 7, to undergo system maintenance.
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The American Battle Monuments Commission will host Veterans Day ceremonies at 22 of its sites throughout the world Nov. 6-11, inviting its audience to reflect on the service and sacrifice of fallen U.S. service members.
ABMC chairman U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.) Michael X. Garrett, ABMC commissioner U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (Ret.) Michael E. Smith and ABMC secretary Charles K. Djou will attend public and private events, respectively, at Manila American Cemetery, Naval Monument at Gibraltar and Cambridge American Cemetery to commemorate Veterans Day to commemorate Veterans Day and honor the U.S. armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
For more than 100 years, ABMC, the guardian of America’s overseas commemorative cemeteries and military memorials, has honored the memory and legacy of service members through commemorative ceremonies across its cemeteries, keeping the promise of ABMC’s first chairman, Gen. John J. Pershing that, “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”
More than 200,000 service men and women are buried or memorialized at ABMC sites.
The American Battle Monuments Commission operates and maintains 26 cemeteries and 31 federal memorials, monuments and commemorative plaques in 17 countries throughout the world, including the United States.
Since March 4, 1923, the ABMC’s sacred mission remains to honor the service, achievements, and sacrifice of more than 200,000 U.S. service members buried and memorialized at our sites.
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