Military Cemeteries and Memorials

Calm and somber military cemeteries displaying rows of headstones and memorials dedicated to fallen soldiers in various countries.

Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France

Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France

British Military Cemetery, Heerstrasse, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Hooge Crater Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for First World War British soldiers at Zillebeke, Belgium, Europe

Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France

American War Cemetary, Colleville sur Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe

Rows of headstones in a military cemetery

Military war cemetery Margraten American war cemetery near Margraten in the Dutch province Limburg Copyright: xZoonar.com/JohnxStuijx 9486655

USA, District of Columbia, Washington DC. Graves in Arlington Cemetery.

Tombstones, war graves, military graves, flowers, British and German military cemetery, Cimetière militaire britannique, D-Day, Operation Overlord, back light, atmospheric, evening light, Bayeux, Normandy, Calvados, France

War memorial, Commonwealth Cemetery of Cassino in Italy of the Second World War.

Hooge Crater Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for First World War British soldiers at Zillebeke, Belgium, Europe

Solemn Journey: Honoring the Fallen at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Standing among the endless rows of white crosses at the Normandy American Cemetery, the weight of history is palpable. The somber silence is broken only by the breeze, a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made. Copyright: xZoonar.com/WalterxGxArcexSr/GrindstonexMediaxGroup/WalterxArcexPhotographyx 22081885

France, Normandy, on 2020-10-11. Bayeux British Military Cemetery. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Normandie, le 2020-10-11. Cimetiere militaire britannique de Bayeux. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Saint-Laurent American Cemetery (Cimitière Americain, Cimitiere Americain, Normandy American Cemetery) in Colleville-sur-Mer on Omaha Beach on the Côte de Nacre (Cote de Nacre, Mother of Pearl Coast, landing beaches) in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of France

Tyne Cot Military cemetery and memorial in West Flanders, Belgium

Arlington cemetery, Washington Rows of white graves stones in Arlington cemetery, Washington DC Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 10957575

Belgium, Flanders, Ypres (Ieper), War Graves

French and U.S. flags wave in the wind next to headstones at the Normandy American Cemetery in Coleville, France, May 29, 2022. A ceremony was held to honor the fallen U.S. troops in Operation Overlord or D-Day. On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 soldiers from the Allied Forces stormed Normandy Beach in what is known as the largest seaborne invasion in history. Approximately 4,000 soldiers lost their lives, and the battle changed the course of World War ll. (U.S. Army photograph by Staff Sgt. Alexander Skripnichuk)

Little Rock National Cemetery

Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for British soldiers of the First World War, Westvleteren, Belgium, Europe

British military cemetery, Bayeux, D-Day, Normandy, France, Europe

A Marine stands guard in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day in Arlington, Va., May 25, 2009.

English military cemetery, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA.

Spring at National Cemetery, Washington DC. Arlington was established during Civil War on Robert E. Lee's house.

Rows of graves at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA.

Usa, Virginia. Alexandria National Cemetery, Graves of the National Cemetery

Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), along with service members from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, place U.S. flags at every gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as part of Flags-In, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2022.On this day, over 1,000 service members placed flags at more than 250,000 headstones and at the bottom of about 7,000 niche rows at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers and Airmens Home National Cemetery.

Generic view of a veterans cemetery on top of a hill showing American pride

American War Cemetary, Colleville sur Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France, Europe

The graves of the United States soldiers at the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, a Second World War American military war grave cemetery, located in Hamm, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

USA, Virginia, Arlington, Arlington National Cemetery

USA, Wyoming, Little Big Horn. National military cemetery at Little Big Horn in Wyoming.

U.S. Marines from 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division and the 2d Marine Division Band participate in a ceremony at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery marking the 104th anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood, May 29, 2022. The Battle of Belleau Wood is remembered for the intensity of the fighting and sustained, as well as for the participation of the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments. To this day, Marines assigned to these two regiments wear the French fourragere on the left shoulder of their uniforms as a reminder of their unit's distinguished service during the First World War.

Crosses in the military cemetery on the Blutberg mountain, Sigolsheim, Alsace, France, Europe

France, Nord, French Flanders, Dunkerque, National Military Cemetery, graves of WWI soldiers.

City of Paris cemetery, Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France. Military graves.

Flowers at grave of First World War One soldier at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France, Europe

Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America U.S.A., North America

Graves at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach, site of the landing of the Allied invasion forces on D-Day 6 June 1944, Second World War, Calvados, Region Basse-Normandie, Normandy, France, Europe

San Diego, California, USA. The picturesque setting of Fort Rosecrans national Cemetary in Point Loma. The cityscape of downtown San Diego can be easily seen in the background

Florence American Cemetery and Memorial, Tuscany, Italy

american cemetery at omaha beach, normandy, france

Le Linge french military cemetery at the Col du Wettstein, Alsace, France, Europe

War memorial, Commonwealth Cemetery of Cassino in Italy of the Second World War.

Serene Veterans Cemetery: American Flags Wave as Memorial Celebration Honors Those Who Served Generic views of a veterans cemetery on a serene day, featuring American flags fluttering in the breeze as a memorial celebration honors those who served. Copyright: xZoonar.com/WalterxGxArcexSr/GrindstonexMediaxGroup/WalterxArcexPhotographyx 22203528

NA, USA, Washington D.C., Arlington Cemetery

Groesbeek, The Netherlands - May 13 2021: Netherlands Canadian War Cemetery and Second World War memorial site in Groesbeek, Photographed during the m

Usa, Virginia. Rows of graves at Arlington National Cemetery

Canadian cementery in Reviers, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

White crosses marking grave sites of American soldiers, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-Sur-Mer, Normandy, France

Rows of tombstones, old graves from World War II

Roadway in Arlington Cemetery Gravestones in Arlington National Cemetery. Some wreathes are visible on some headstones at xmas. Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 3081117

Tyne Cot Military Cemetery

American Cemetery in Lorraine, France

Row of American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines, Asia Copyright: xSxNarayan/DinodiaxPhotox

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), along with service members from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, place U.S. flags at every gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as part of Flags-In, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2022.On this day, over 1,000 service members placed flags at more than 250,000 headstones and at the bottom of about 7,000 niche rows at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers and Airmens Home National Cemetery.

A bugler from the U.S. Air Force Ceremonial Brass Band plays "Taps" during modified military funeral honors with funeral escort for U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Collins in Section 51 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Jan. 30, 2023. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1952, Collins joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. In January 1954, Collins joined the 21st Fighter-Bomber Wing at George Air Force Base, Calif., where he learned to deliver nuclear weapons in his F-86 Sabre jet. From 1959 to 1963, he was a test pilot for the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. There, he tested performance, stability, and control characteristics of experimental Air Force fighter jets. During his career, he logged over 4,200 hours of flying time.In October 1963, Collins joined NASA as a member of the third group of NASA astronauts. During the Gemini 10 mission, Collins became the third U.S. astronaut to complete a spacewal

First World War British Cemetery, Valley of the Somme near Mons, Nord_Picardie, France, Europe

National Park Andersonville or Camp Sumter, a National Historic Site in Georgia, site of Confederate Civil War prison and cemetery tombstones for Yankee Union prisoners

Headstones at the Bretteville-surLaize Canadian war Cemetery in France

Chapel, US American military cemetery, Cimetière militaire américain de Saint-Avold, English Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial, Saint-Avold, Moselle, France, Europe

Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.

San Diego, California, USA. The picturesque setting of Fort Rosecrans national Cemetary in Point Loma. The cityscape of downtown San Diego can be easily seen in the background

Line of cross white with a French military cemetery

American flags on tombs of American Veterans on Memorial Day, Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

CEMENTERIO INTERNACIONAL. II Guerra Mundial. Luxemburgo.

Tyne Cot Military Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA, North America

War memorial, Commonwealth Cemetery of Cassino in Italy of the Second World War.

A wreath placed by NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale and other NASA senior management is seen in front of the Challenger memorial Thursday, Jan. 31 2008, at Arlington National Cemetery. The wreath laying ceremony is part of NASA's Day of Remembrance. Wreaths were laid in the memory of those men and women who lost their lives in the quest of space exploration, including the astronaut crews of Columbia, Challenger and Apollo 1.

Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsins adjutant general, lays a wreath at the Bomana War Cemetery Dec. 5 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The Wisconsin National Guard conducted a senior leader National Guard State Partnership Exchange visit to Papua New Guinea Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Maj. Brian Faltinson

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in Flags-In, where Soldiers placed U.S. flags at the headstones and niche of service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Over 250,000 flags were planted at the final resting place of our Nation's fallen. Army Chief of Staff General James C. McConville participates in the event.

Veterans cemetery adorned with wreaths for the holiday season

Black family at military cemetery

Sanctuary Wood cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for First World War British soldiers at Zillebeke, Belgium, Europe

Military cemetery under snow Moselle France

War Graves Gravestones, Waldfriedhof, Degerloch, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Grave stones of soldiers of Arab origin on a military cemetery, Rue du Ladhof, Colmar, Alsace, France, Europe

France, Normandy, Colleville sur Mer, American Military Cemetery, Omaha Beach Memorial

France, Picardy, Somme Battlefields, Thiepval, Memorial to WWI British troops, Allied cemetery, grave of unknown soldier.

Arlington National Cemetery. Graves of U.S. veterans killed in action. United States.

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Crosses at the Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial at Waregem, the only First World War One US military cemetery in Belgium

Tyne Cot Military cemetery and memorial in West Flanders, Belgium

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French military cemetery the First World War battlefield Le Linge at Orbey, Alsace, France, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Memorial Day at Margratens honorary cemetery The cemetery. May 30, 1969. Margraten

USA, New Jersey, Moorestown. The Wall That Heals is a travelling half scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), along with service members from the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard, place U.S. flags at every gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as part of Flags-In, Arlington, Va., May 26, 2022.On this day, over 1,000 service members placed flags at more than 250,000 headstones and at the bottom of about 7,000 niche rows at Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers and Airmens Home National Cemetery.

Anefo photo collection. Memorial Day Margraten children lay flowers. May 30, 1956

Anefo photo collection. German cemetery Ysselsteyn in Limburg. June 18, 1963. Germany, Limburg, Ysselsteyn

Mock grave markers of US soldiers who died in Iraq war at Arlington West, Santa Barbara, CA

A volunteer participates in the Wreaths Across Americas clean-up day, commonly known as Wreaths Out, in Section 12 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Jan. 22, 2022. Volunteers removed over 257,000 wreaths originally placed Dec. 18, 2021, at ANC. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)

Rows of tombstones in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, DC. Taken on the grounds of Fort Myer in Autumn.

Gravestones, austrian military cemetery, Vienna

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