Many Americans who visit Normandy are partial to this cemetery and memorial in particular. You can visit this cemetery daily, from about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 6 p.m., depending on the time of year.

The Bayeux War Cemetery is one of the largest of 18 military cemeteries in Normandy, with more than 4,000 graves – many of which mark the plots of soldiers who were never identified.

For those unable to attend the funeral service, U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Arthur W, Crossland, Jr. will lay in repose on Thursday, March 13 at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 ...

Visiting the D-Day beaches in Normandy is one of the most powerful and sobering experiences you can have in France. Scattered along the coast are remnants of the largest amphibious invasion in ...

Christened in 2011, the USNS Medgar Evers may lose its name — a move that’s drawn backlash from Evers’ family and now the ...

The Normandy American Cemetery has 9,387 burials of US service men and women. Of this number, some 307 are unknowns, three are Medal of Honor winners and four are women.

Unfortunately he stepped on a landmine and was killed, so he’s buried at the Normandy American Cemetery,” said Tupper. There are still 51 South Dakotans buried in the Normandy Cemetery, but ...

American WWII veteran Gideon Kantor attends ceremonies at the US cemetery to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings, Friday, June 6, 2025 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy.

FILE - This photograph is believed to show E Company, 16th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, participating in the first wave of assaults during D-Day in Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. (Chief ...

World War II veteran Wally King speaks at the D-Day ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2025, the 81st anniversary of the Normandy invasion. King was ...

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of ...

A Geneva County cemetery is being added to Alabama’s list of historic places. The cemetery is located at 4844 County Road 41, Hartford, and belongs to Wesley Chapel Church. This ...