American cemeteries across Europe and in northern Africa will hold ceremonies during Memorial Day weekend to honor those killed during World Wars I and II and buried overseas. The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains 24 cemeteries, 21 of which are in Europe and Tunisia. Nearly 125,000 fallen are buried at the cemeteries, about three-quarters of them from World War II.
Following are ceremonies scheduled for the weekend. For more details, including directions to the sites, see the commission’s website, www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/index.php.
BELGIUM
Ardennes American Cemetery, 10 a.m. Saturday.
Flanders Field American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday.
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, 4 p.m. Saturday.
ENGLAND
Brookwood American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday.
Cambridge American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Monday.
FRANCE
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, 9:45 p.m. Sunday.
Brittany American Cemetery, 4 p.m. Sunday.
Epinal American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday.
Lorraine American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Sunday.
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday.
Normandy American Cemetery, 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday.
Rhone American Cemetery, 10 a.m. Sunday.
Saint Mihiel American Cemetery, 4 p.m. Sunday.
Somme American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday.
Suresnes American Cemetery, 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
ITALY
Florence American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Monday.
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Monday.
LUXEMBOURG
Luxembourg American Cemetery, 2 p.m. Saturday.
NETHERLANDS
Netherlands American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday.
TUNISIA
North Africa American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Monday.
