Flanders Field American Cemetery

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World War I cemetery military cemetery

Flanders Field American Cemetery is a World War I military burial ground in Belgium honoring American soldiers who died in the region’s battles.

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Label	Occurrences
Flanders Field American Cemetery canonical	1
Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I cemetery ⓘ military cemetery ⓘ
administeredAs	American overseas military cemetery ⓘ
associatedWith	American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ battles in Flanders during World War I ⓘ
category	Cemeteries in West Flanders ⓘ Commonwealth and foreign war cemeteries in Belgium ⓘ World War I memorials in Belgium ⓘ
commemoratesNation	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
conflictCommemorated	World War I ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
dedicatedTo	American military personnel ⓘ American soldiers who died in World War I ⓘ
establishedFor	burial of American war dead ⓘ commemoration of American World War I casualties ⓘ
hasAccess	public ⓘ
hasFeature	chapel ⓘ flagpole ⓘ headstones ⓘ inscribed walls ⓘ landscaped grounds ⓘ memorial ⓘ
hasGraveMarkersShape	white marble Stars of David ⓘ white marble crosses ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInscriptions	English ⓘ Flemish ⓘ French ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	Flanders Fields ⓘ surface form: "In Flanders Fields" poem
hasPurpose	historical commemoration ⓘ honoring war dead ⓘ remembrance ⓘ
hasTypeOfBurials	identified soldiers ⓘ unknown soldiers ⓘ
locatedIn	Belgium ⓘ Flanders ⓘ Waregem ⓘ West Flanders ⓘ
maintainedBy	American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ
notableFor	being the only American World War I cemetery in Belgium ⓘ
numberOfBurials	368 ⓘ
numberOfUnknownBurials	21 ⓘ
operatedBy	American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ
regionOfBattlesCommemorated	Belgium ⓘ Flanders ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Battle Monuments Commission → maintains → Flanders Field American Cemetery ⓘ

Flanders Fields memorials → hasPart → Flanders Field American Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial