The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, overlooking Omaha Beach, dedicated on July 19, 1956, and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Its buildings and grounds were designed by the architectural firm Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson, with landscaping by Markley Stevenson, and the cemetery covers about 172.5 acres holding 9,389 graves of American service members who died in the Normandy landings and the subsequent Battle of Normandy. At the center of the memorial stands the bronze statue Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves by the sculptor Donald De Lue, set before a colonnade, while a memorial chapel nearby carries a mosaic ceiling by the muralist Leon Kroll and a curved Wall of the Missing records 1,557 further names. It is the most visited of the overseas cemeteries the American Battle Monuments Commission maintains, drawing roughly one million visitors each year.
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Building TypeMilitary cemetery and memorial 1 LocationColleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France 1 Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Source Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, located there.
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1. Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Wikipedia
Article title and Description section
The cemetery is located on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach (one of the landing beaches of the Normandy Invasion) and the English Channel.
Infobox, location
Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
History section, dedication
It was dedicated on July 19, 1956, in the presence of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid of the U.S. Navy, representing President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and French General Jean Ganeval, representing President René Coty.
- Wikipedia "Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, overlooking Omaha Beach, dedicated on July 19, 1956, and administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Its buildings and grounds were designed by the architectural firm Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson, with landscaping by Markley Stevenson, and the cemetery covers about 172.5 acres holding 9,389 graves of American service members who died in the Normandy landings and the subsequent Battle of Normandy. At the center of the memorial stands the bronze statue Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves by the sculptor Donald De Lue, set before a colonnade, while a memorial chapel nearby carries a mosaic ceiling by the muralist Leon Kroll and a curved Wall of the Missing records 1,557 further names. It is the most visited of the overseas cemeteries the American Battle Monuments Commission maintains, drawing roughly one million visitors each year.
Uses Element: Limestone, Wikipedia article
It is built in medium-hard limestone from upper Burgundy.
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