American Battle Monuments Commission
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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.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T161484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Battle Monuments Commission Context triple: [United States federal memorials, alsoManagedBy, American Battle Monuments Commission]
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Air Force Memorial
The Air Force Memorial is a national monument in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Air Force through three soaring stainless-steel spires that evoke the flight of the Air Force Thunderbirds.
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Marine Corps War Memorial
The Marine Corps War Memorial is a monumental bronze sculpture near Arlington National Cemetery that depicts the iconic World War II flag-raising on Iwo Jima, honoring all U.S. Marine Corps personnel who have died in defense of the United States.
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C.
Pentagon Memorial
The Pentagon Memorial is a national memorial in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the 184 victims who died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal work relief program that provided jobs to young men during the Great Depression through conservation and public lands projects across the United States.
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Battleship Missouri Memorial
The Battleship Missouri Memorial is a historic museum ship in Hawaii, best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, now preserved as a major naval and World War II memorial.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Battle Monuments Commission Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Air Force Memorial
The Air Force Memorial is a national monument in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the service and sacrifice of members of the United States Air Force through three soaring stainless-steel spires that evoke the flight of the Air Force Thunderbirds.
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B.
Marine Corps War Memorial
The Marine Corps War Memorial is a monumental bronze sculpture near Arlington National Cemetery that depicts the iconic World War II flag-raising on Iwo Jima, honoring all U.S. Marine Corps personnel who have died in defense of the United States.
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C.
Pentagon Memorial
The Pentagon Memorial is a national memorial in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the 184 victims who died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon.
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D.
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a New Deal work relief program that provided jobs to young men during the Great Depression through conservation and public lands projects across the United States.
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E.
Battleship Missouri Memorial
The Battleship Missouri Memorial is a historic museum ship in Hawaii, best known as the site of Japan’s formal surrender in World War II, now preserved as a major naval and World War II memorial.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency
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independent agency of the United States government ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | American armed forces buried or memorialized outside the United States ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employs |
civilian personnel
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foreign national staff at overseas cemeteries ⓘ |
| foundedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| hasBoard |
American Battle Monuments Commission
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Commissioners of the American Battle Monuments Commission
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| hasChairperson | Chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ |
| hasMission |
commemorate the service and sacrifice of U.S. armed forces
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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
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American war memorials outside the United States ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.abmc.gov ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Arlington, Virginia
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| inception | 1923 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
Federal government of the United States
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| legalBasis | Act of Congress ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Virginia ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| maintains |
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
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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 ⓘ National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ⓘ
surface form:
Honolulu Memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Korean War memorials ⓘ Lorraine American Cemetery ⓘ Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial ⓘ
surface form:
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
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Asia ⓘ Central America ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America outside the United States ⓘ Pacific region ⓘ |
| oversightBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
executive branch of the United States
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surface form:
Executive branch of the United States government
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Input
Subject: American Battle Monuments Commission Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chateau-Thierry American Monument
subject surface form:
Chateau-Thierry American Monument
bronze statue "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves"
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heritageDesignation
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American Battle Monuments Commission
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subject surface form:
The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves
this entity surface form:
American Battle Monuments Commission memorial
bronze statue "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves"
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owner
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American Battle Monuments Commission
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subject surface form:
The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves
bronze statue "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves"
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associatedWithOrganization
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American Battle Monuments Commission
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subject surface form:
The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves