Memorial Day Sites Worldwide 2025: May 22nd - May 26th

From May 22 to May 26, 2025, American Battle Monument Commission sites around the world will pay tribute to the more than 200,000 men and women honored overseas. All ceremonies are free to attend and open to the public.    The American Battle Monuments Commission operates and maintains 26 cemeteries and 31 federal memorials, monuments and commemorative plaques in 17 countries throughout the world, including the United States. Follow this link for details of a ceremony at each location.

• Honoring the Fallen – Memorial Day 2025 at ABMC Sites - American Battle Monuments Commission 
•  Interactive Cemetery & Memorial Map - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)  
• ABMC Vintage Posters - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

Highlights of events

•  National Maritime Day May 22, 2025 LIVE Dedication: ABMC West Coast WW2 Merchant Mariner’s Memorial - American Merchant Marine Veterans 
  • You’re invited to watch an upcoming LIVE STREAM presentation:
    Dedication of WW2 Merchant Mariners’ Memorial Plaque National Maritime Day | MAY 22, 2025 | 10:00AM (PST) The Presidio in San Francisco, CA. WATCH HERE >>
  • 2025.5.22-AMMV-West-Coast-Memorial-2-Panel-Flyer-for-Website-FINAL.pdf  The United States Merchant Marine, also known as the “Fourth Arm of Defense,” has served valiantly and honorably through each American conflict faced.
  • The World War II West Coast Memorial is located on a high ground overlooking the entrance to San Francisco Harbor; the curved wall of California granite is set in a grove of Monterey pine and cypress. Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, it bears the names of 413 members of the armed forces lost or buried at sea in US Pacific coastal waters between 1941 and 1945.
  • On 10 November 2025, the United States Marine Corps will celebrate their 250th birthday

• The Mexico City National Cemetery Memorial Day Ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. local time and is expected to last approximately one hour.
• Ardennes American Cemetery – Saturday 24 May 2025 10 a.m
• Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery – Saturday 24 May 2025 4 p.m.
• Luxembourg American Cemetery – Saturday 24 May 2025 2 p.m.  (5am pdt)  Memorial Day Ceremony - U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg  Representatives of organizations who wish to have a wreath pre-positioned for the ceremony are kindly requested to inform the cemetery at the earliest opportunity via email luxembourg@abmc.gov or by calling +352 43 17 27. All wreaths must be delivered to the cemetery no later than 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 24.

• The Dutch Remembrance Day is May 4th. About Netherlands American Cemetery - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).  "Unique to the cemetery is the connection with the Dutch people. Since 1945 members of the local community have adopted the grave sites of our fallen. They bring flowers to the cemetery and research the life of the service member as a way to honor their sacrifice."
• Corozal American Cemetery - Monday 26 May 2025 9 a.m. Buried at the Corozal American Cemetery are American servicemen who served during the Mexican – American War, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, and all other major conflicts. Learn more about those Americans buried and memorialized who died during the Civil War and served during the Mexican War, Civil War and Spanish American War.  ABMC assumed responsibility for the care and maintenance of the Corozal American Cemetery in Panama in 1982.  Five things you may not know about Corozal American Cemetery - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)

• While not an American Battle Monument Commission site Branch 25 of the Royal Canadian Legion (representing the San Francisco Bay Area) host a service to honour Memorial Day in the United States.   May 24, 2025 at 11:00 am – 12:00pm  
  The service is usually held on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, depending on the availability of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC) Arkansas Division (who support all of our services). The service occurs at the Royal Canadian Legion plot in the Greenlawn Cemetery on 1100 El Camino Real in Colma, California.  If you are unable to attend in person, please register for the live stream.  https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nFfLAdq3RrePn9iTcLX9yg

• The World War II East Coast Memorial is located in Battery Park, New York City. This memorial commemorates those soldiers, sailors, Marines, coast guardsmen, merchant mariners and airmen who met their deaths in the service of their country in the western waters of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Its axis is oriented on the Statue of Liberty. On each side of the axis are four gray granite pylons upon which are inscribed the name, rank, organization, and state of each of the over 4,600 missing in the waters of the Atlantic.

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