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14/ "I know this decree doesn't apply to ABMC, but could you help me check that we don't have anything that could cause problems for our organization regarding this decree? I want to prevent ABMC from appearing in the media because we're not acting in the spirit of this decree."
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
17/ The ABMC also disowned the message of the memorial, in terms which strongly suggested that it would never be restored.
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The cemetery is managed by the ABMC. But the land surrounding it is not. Just a thought.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Florent Groberg, Medal of Honor recipient from OEF, commissioner for the ABMC. Born in France, moved to the US in middle school.
March 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
9/ ABMC education and public information head Michael Conley replied that "the panel the former ambassador added to the Dutch visitors center is a problem," he writes. "I propose that we remove this panel."
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
2/ In November 2025, it emerged that the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) had quietly removed two panels memorialising Black soldiers at the Margraten war cemetery in Limburg. The cemetery itself had been created through their labor.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
6/ However, emails obtained by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency under Freedom of Information laws show that the removal was in fact specifically ordered in March 2025 by Charles Djou, the then-head of the ABMC, to comply with Trump's March 19 anti-DEI executive order.
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
granted, this doesn't even rank in the top 100 nazi things the trump government's done, but it's uhhhh a little weird that abmc dot gov's ugly ass interactive wwii timeline simply does not mention the holocaust and repeatedly calls nazi germany "germany" etc
September 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
ABMC sites will remain open to the public during the government shutdown. The American Battle Monuments Commission operates and maintains 26 cemeteries and 31 federal memorials, monuments in 17 countries throughout the world, including the United States. www.abmc.gov/news-events/...
ABMC Operating Status in Event of Government Shutdown - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
ABMC sites will remain open to the public during the government shutdown. ABMC Operations Plan in Absence of Appropriations
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October 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
5/ In the face of criticism, the ABMC claimed that the panels were "currently not on display, but not out of circulation." Pro-Trump far-right parties in the Netherlands claimed that it had been misreported and the panels were merely being rotated and refurbished.
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
15/ The ABMC and Trump Administration presented shifting justifications for the memorial's removal after it became public. It was initially presented as a routine rotation, with no mention of Djou's instructions. (He was fired by the Administration in April 2025.)
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) & American Battlefield Monuments Commission (ABMC) are two federal agencies that don’t get enough credit.
This may be, but the DPAA is still doing important work in SE Asia wrt recovering and repatriating remains. I visited an active recovery site in Thailand a few weeks ago.
April 26, 2026 at 5:14 AM
19/ In a subsequent written statement, the ABMC said: "The Netherlands American Cemetery, with its singular mission to honor those who fell in combat and are buried and memorialized there, is not the appropriate venue for interpreting or debating broader societal issues,…
January 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Scandaleux !
Le cimetière militaire américain de #Margraten/Pays-Bas a enlevé les plaques commémorant le rôle des soldats africains-américains durant la #WWII

Selon le journal NRC, le gestionnaire ABMC aurait donné suite à une plainte introduite par la Heritage Foundation.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I wrote an angry letter to the ABMC today. My great uncle is buried at Margraten, and black men dug the grave he rests in. Their sacrifices are no less than his, and I told them to put the panels back
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Five #WW1 US Army soldiers buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery have new headstones reflecting their Jewish heritage.

They are Pvt. Samuel Tamkin, Pfc. Barney Bardman, Pvt. Samuel Backer, Pvt. Hyman Aronoff and Pfc. Maurice Akabas.

#WeRememberThem.

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5 service members receive new headstones honoring their religious heritage  - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
ABMC and Operation Benjamin exchanged five Latin cross headstones for Stars of David June 2 at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.
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June 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the largest American military cemetery in Europe. The cemetery has 14,246 graves, including 9 dead who were awarded the Medal of Honor.

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About Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Within the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France, which covers 130.5 acres, rest the largest number of our military dead in Europe, a total of 14,246. Most of those […]
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September 26, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The largest American Antifa cemetery is located in St. Avold, France. I've visited it several times. www.abmc.gov/video/lorrai...
Lorraine American Cemetery - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
This World War II cemetery in France contains the graves of nearly 10,500 war dead, and more than 440 names on the Walls of the Missing. Video Transcript: Lorraine American […]
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December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Netherlands WWII cemetery removes displays honoring Black soldiers www.militarytimes.com/veterans/mil...
Netherlands WWII cemetery removes displays honoring Black soldiers
ABMC, however, told Dutch news outlets that one panel is “off display, though not out of rotation,” although a second panel was “retired.”
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December 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
As there’s only 8 days left of 2024, I’m going to finish the year by daily posting my favourite photo from each month, from my phone camera roll.

Feel free to do likewise!

2) May

The ABMC Kemmel American Monument on a very wet day
December 25, 2024 at 5:44 PM