American Battle Monuments Commission

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federal agency independent agency of the United States government

The American Battle Monuments Commission is a U.S. federal agency responsible for commemorating American armed forces by designing, constructing, and maintaining military cemeteries and memorials outside the United States.

Aliases (1)

Commissioners of the American Battle Monuments Commission ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency → independent agency of the United States government →
appliesToJurisdiction	American armed forces buried or memorialized outside the United States →
country	United States →
employs	civilian personnel → foreign national staff at overseas cemeteries →
foundedBy	United States Congress →
hasBoard	Commissioners of the American Battle Monuments Commission →
hasChairperson	Chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission →
hasMission	commemorate the service and sacrifice of U.S. armed forces → control the design and construction of U.S. military monuments and markers on foreign soil → design, construct, operate, and maintain permanent American military cemeteries outside the United States → encourage visits to American military cemeteries and memorials abroad →
hasMotto	Time will not dim the glory of their deeds →
hasPart	American military cemeteries outside the United States → American war memorials outside the United States →
hasWebsite	https://www.abmc.gov →
headquartersLocation	Arlington, Virginia → United States →
inception	1923 →
jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States →
legalBasis	Act of Congress →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Virginia →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
maintains	Aisne-Marne American Cemetery → American military cemeteries outside the United States → American war memorials outside the United States → Anzio Beachhead Cemetery → Ardennes American Cemetery → Brittany American Cemetery → Brookwood American Cemetery → Cambridge American Cemetery → Carthage American Cemetery → Epinal American Cemetery → Flanders Field American Cemetery → Florence American Cemetery → Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery → Honolulu Memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific → Korean War memorials → Lorraine American Cemetery → Luxembourg American Cemetery → Manila American Cemetery → Memorials on former World War I battlefields → Memorials on former World War II battlefields → Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery → Mexico City National Cemetery → Netherlands American Cemetery → Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial → North Africa American Cemetery → Oise-Aisne American Cemetery → Rhone American Cemetery → Sicily-Rome American Cemetery → Somme American Cemetery → St. Mihiel American Cemetery → Suresnes American Cemetery → Vietnam War memorials outside the United States → World War I American cemeteries → World War II American cemeteries →
namedAfter	American battle monuments →
officialLanguage	English →
operatesIn	Africa → Asia → Central America → Europe → North America outside the United States → Pacific region →
oversightBy	United States Congress →
subordinateTo	Executive branch of the United States government →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial → Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial → US War Memorial Honiara →	maintainedBy
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial →	administeredBy
United States federal memorials →	alsoManagedBy
Colleville-sur-Mer →	cemeteryManagedBy
American Battle Monuments Commission ("Commissioners of the American Battle Monuments Commission") →	hasBoard
Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial →	operatedBy