Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

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World War II cemetery military cemetery war memorial

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II military cemetery in France honoring American soldiers who died during the D-Day landings and subsequent operations in Normandy.

Aliases (3)

Normandy American Cemetery ×2
Normandy American Cemetery region ×1
Normandy American Memorial ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II cemetery → military cemetery → war memorial →
administeredBy	American Battle Monuments Commission →
area	about 172 acres → about 70 hectares →
commemorates	American soldiers → United States military personnel →
commemoratesCampaign	Normandy campaign →
commemoratesConflict	World War II →
commemoratesEvent	D-Day landings →
country	France →
dateOpened	1956-07-18 →
dedicatedTo	American forces who died in Normandy →
established	1956 →
hasAnnualCeremony	D-Day anniversary commemoration →
hasBurialType	military → war dead →
hasFeature	Garden of the Missing → Star of David headstones → bronze statue "The Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves" → memorial chapel → reflecting pool → semi-circular memorial → visitor center → white marble Latin crosses →
hasParking	yes →
hasVisitorCenterExhibits	Normandy landings history →
languageOfInscriptions	English → French →
latitude	49.360 →
locatedIn	Colleville-sur-Mer →
locatedInCountry	France →
locatedInDepartment	Calvados →
locatedOn	Omaha Beach →
longitude	-0.857 →
maintainedBy	American Battle Monuments Commission →
nearestTown	Bayeux → Colleville-sur-Mer →
numberOfBurials	9388 → over 9,000 →
numberOfUnknowns	307 → over 300 →
overlooks	English Channel →
ownedBy	United States of America →
partOf	American Battle Monuments Commission cemeteries →
primaryNationalityOfBurials	American →
region	Normandy →
touristAttraction	yes →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Colleville-sur-Mer ("Normandy American Memorial") → Omaha Beach →	hasMemorial
Quentin Roosevelt →	buriedAt
Colleville-sur-Mer ("Normandy American Cemetery") →	hasCemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer ("Normandy American Cemetery") →	hasMilitaryCemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer →	hasSite
Sainte-Mère-Église ("Normandy American Cemetery region") →	hasWarGravesNearby
Colleville-sur-Mer →	knownFor
American Battle Monuments Commission →	maintains