Europe
Memorial Day events set at American cemeteries across Europe, elsewhere
Stars and Stripes
May 26, 2022
Marine Sgt. Maj. Darrell Carver, 6th Marine Regiment, walks through the graves at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, during the Memorial Day ceremony there in 2017. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
In addition to ceremonies in the United States, more than two dozen Memorial Day remembrances will take place this weekend at American Battle Monument Commission cemeteries in 10 countries.
Active-duty personnel, survivors of past conflicts and loved ones of those who died fighting for the United States are in attendance at many of the observances. This year’s events will be held Saturday, Sunday or Monday, depending on location.
Here’s a list:
Belgium
Ardennes American Cemetery, 10 a.m. Saturday
Flanders Field American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, 4 p.m. Saturday
France
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, 9:45 a.m. Sunday
Brittany American Cemetery, 4 p.m. Sunday
Epinal American Cemetery, 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery, 10 a.m. Sunday
Lorraine American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Sunday
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Sunday
Normandy American Cemetery, 10:30 a.m. Sunday
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday
Rhone American Cemetery, 10 a.m. Sunday
Somme American Cemetery, 11:30 a.m. Sunday
St. Mihiel American Cemetery, 10 a.m. Sunday
Suresnes American Cemetery, 2:30 p.m. Sunday
Italy
Florence American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Monday
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Luxembourg
Luxembourg American Cemetery, 2 p.m. Saturday
Mexico
Mexico City National Cemetery, 10 a.m. Monday
Netherlands
Netherlands American Cemetery, 3 p.m. Sunday
Panama
Corozal American Cemetery, 9 a.m. Monday
Philippines
Manila American Cemetery, 8 a.m. Sunday
Clark Veterans Cemetery, 10 a.m. Monday
Tunisia
North Africa American Cemetery, 10 a.m. Saturday
United Kingdom
Brookwood American Cemetery, 2 p.m. Sunday
Cambridge American Cemetery, 11 a.m. Monday
Americans and French commemorated Memorial Day and the centennial of the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood at a ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France in 2018. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
A firing team from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment out of Vilseck, Germany, fires volleys at the Memorial Day Ceremony at Lorraine American Cemetery in St. Avold, France, Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Michael Abrams)
American volunteers from Ramstein Air Base salute during the playing of the French equivalent of taps at the Memorial Day ceremony at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France, in May 2017. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)