Several of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) cemeteries oversee grave adoption or honor a grave programs. Not all cemeteries have these programs.
Each of the foundations listed here have a system where they allow Europeans to adopt a grave to honor. This means the adopter brings flowers on special days like the soldier’s birthday, commemorative days like Liberation Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day, and holidays. Many grave adopters research the lives and service of their soldiers so their memories are not forgotten.
Epinal
Association US Memory Grand France
- Facebook Page
Ardennes & Henri-Chapelle
American Overseas Memorial Day Association
Margraten
Foundation for Adopting Graves American Cemetery Margraten.
- Stichting Adoptie Graven Amerikaanse Begraafplaats Margraten Facebook Page
Another foundation at Margraten, which is responsible for the Fields of Honor Database and Faces of Margraten Project, the Foundation United Adopters American War Graves (Stichting Verenigde Adoptanten Amerikaanse Oorlogsgraven).
Normandy
Grave Adoption Foundation Les Fleurs de la Mémoirie
- Unofficial Facebook page for this grave adoption group
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