War Memorials and Remembrance Sites

Various memorials commemorating fallen soldiers, featuring crosses, statues, and inscriptions as tributes to sacrifice and valor across different regions.

The World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA.
The World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C, USA.
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Victor Emmanuel II Monument, Rome, Italy , Monuments & memorials, Monumento nazionale Vittorio Emmanuele II Rome, Italy. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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A crowd watches as a line of helicopters flies over the Arlington Memorial Bridge during the National Victory Celebration which is being held in honor of the Allied forces' liberation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. The helciopters include, from front: OH-58D Kiowa Warriors, AH-64 Apaches, UH-60 Black Hawks, UH-1 Iroquois and CH-47 Chinooks. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM VICTORY PARADE Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Annual Antietam National Battlefield Memorial Illumination ceremony, Sharpsburg, Maryland, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among the participants
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France, Normandy, Saint-Laurent-Sur-Mer, Omaha Beach. 66th Anniversary of D-Day.
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110114-N-5549O-169AMAZON RIVER, Peru (Jan. 14, 2011) A Peruvian Sailor hoists a flag for the arrival of Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus and Vice Admiral Carlos Tejada, navy commander of the Amazon region of Peru.
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USA, Alabama, Mobile. Bienville Square, commemoration plaque for the Battle of Mobile Bay.
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War Memorial, Guam, US Territory, Central Pacific, Pacific
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Military cemetery 1st World War in Vladslo, Belgium, Europe
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France, Center France, Gentioux, war memorial with the inscription "Cursed be war"
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Barrancas National Cemetery on Naval Air Station Pensacola was established in January 1868 and is one of five national cemeteries in Florida. Section B of the committal shelter contains the remains of those who served, from all branches, in World War Two, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War and the Persian War.
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France, Normandy. Manche. Goury. Memorial for the submarine sinking called Le Vendémiaire.
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A plaque on the side of a monument recognizes the men and women who supported the deployment of the ground launched cruise missile weapon system. The monument is being dedicated in conjunction with graduation ceremonies for the last class of the 868th Tactical Missile Training Squadron. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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220607-N-OX321-1072 NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy (June 7, 2022) - Flowers were laid at the foot of a World War II memorial monument, inscribed with a quote from Winston Churchill, Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few, as part of the ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway held on NAS Sigonella, June 7, 2022. The Battle of Midway is often regarded as a critical turning point in the Pacific during World War II. NAS Sigonellas strategic location enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to deploy and respond as required, ensuring security and stability in Europe, Africa and Central Command.
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War cemetery at The Talana Museum, Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Graves of Lt. Melvill and Coghill at Fugitive's Drift, near Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Memorial stone at Belgrade Fortress, Belgrade, Serbia.
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A group of wreaths from many different countries are displayed in a ceremony during the anniversary of Operation Market Garden at the Robert Frost Bridge, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 16, 2022. These European citizen remember the sacrifice from the 1st British Parachute Regiment and honor the ones who lost their lives liberating the Netherlands during World War II.
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General Edward Rice, commander of the U.S. Air Forces Air Education and Training Command, observes a marker at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City Aug. 20, 2012. General Rice and other U.S. Airmen from around the world were in New York for Air Force Week 2012.
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London, UK, May 15, 2019: Monument to The Women of World War II. It is a British national war memorial situated on Whitehall in London, to the north of the Cenotaph
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Information office of the National Park Service, operators of the National World War II Memorial, WWII Memorial or Second World War Memorial, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States of America, PublicGround
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Memorial to the fallen soldiers of the German army, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe
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Flowers honoring the 241 fallen souls of the Beirut, Lebanon and Grenada attacks are displayed during the 39th Beirut Memorial Observance Ceremony at Lejeune Memorial Gardens in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 23, 2022. The memorial observance is held annually on Oct. 23 to remember the lives lost due to the terrorist attacks at U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon and Grenada.
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Souda Bay War Cemetery on Crete, Greece Crete, Greece - September 20, 2021: Souda Bay War Cemetery, an Allied war cemetery administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFörstnerx 17643767
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Art installation titled 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red'. The dry moat was filled with 800,000 ceramic poppies commemorating the First World War Centenary. Created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins and theatre stage designer Tom Piper.
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Memorial tablet to commemorate British soldiers who fell during the Battle of Waterloo in the Saint Joseph's church, Sint-Jozefskerk, Royal Chapel in Waterloo, Belgium, Europe
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relics in World War II at the Pointe de Penhir Brittany
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United States Naval Academy in historic Annapolis, Maryland.
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Ireland, County Mayo, 1849 potato famine memorial. (Editorial Usage Only)
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Picture of German officers at the entrance to Fort Breendonk, Belgium, Europe
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BEACHY HEAD, SUSSEX, UK - JULY 29 : View of the Battle of Britain War Memorial at Beachy Head in East Sussex on July 29, 2021
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Expedition 32/33 backup Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency lays flowers at the Kremlin Wall at Red Square in Moscow June 22, 2012 where Russian space icons are interred as part of the traditional ceremonies leading to the Soyuz launch of his prime crewmember colleagues to the International Space Station on July 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hadfield, NASAs Tom Marshburn and Russias Roman Romanenko are backing up the prime crew, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASAs Sunita Williams and Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Hadfield, Marshburn and Romanenko will get their turn to launch on December 5 to the station as part of the Expedition 34/35 crew.
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A Stone located within the tidal zone of Omaha Beach below the Normandy American Cemetery, displays the names of the medics who landed with the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division on June 6, 1944, at Normandy, France, June 1, 2022. This year, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commemorates the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history, and highlights the U.S.' steadfast commitment to European allies and partners.
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This is a Blackhorse Stone, symbol of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment that was uncovered during the deactivation ceremony of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. Base: Down Barracks State: Fulda Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
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A marker at Essex Farm British Military Cemetery commemorates where Canadian doctor, John McCrae, wrote the famous WW I poem, "In Flanders Fields."
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World War II memorial at the Banzai Cliffs in Saipan, Northern Marianas, Central Pacific
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The First World War One memorial Tranchee Des Baionnettes, Trench of Bayonets at Douaumont, Lorraine, Battle of Verdun, France, Europe
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Columbine High School Shooting
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A view of a new memorial to fallen Wisconsin State Patrol troopers is shown Sept. 16, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., at the Wisconsin State Patrol Academy. The new memorial was dedicated Sept. 9, 2022, by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The academy is a tenant organization at Fort McCoy.
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Memorial cairn in honour of the fallen Jacobite soldiers at the Culloden battlefield, Scotland, UK