Aisne-Marne American Cemetery will host its annual Memorial Day ceremony on May 26, 2019 at 9:45 a.m. Attendance is free and open to the public. If you are a family member of someone who is honored at the cemetery and you're planning to attend the ceremony, please email the cemetery at least two weeks prior to the event.
WELCOME ADDRESS: Oliver Villalobos, ABMC
ADDRESS: Mrs. Nadia CRAPART, Mayor of Belleau, France
PRAYER: Chaplain Lorenzo MONGE, Groupement de Gendarmerie de Seine et Marne
PRAYER: LCDR Ben MATHIS, CHC, USN, Chaplain, 5th Marine Regiment, USMC
READING OF POEMS: Students from the Saint-Joseph High School
MEMORIAL ADDRESS: General Francisco SORIANO
MEMORIAL ADDRESS: General Gary L. THOMAS, Assistant Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
WREATH LAYING
FIRING OF VOLLEYS, SONNERIE AUX MORTS, “ICH HATTE EINEN KAMERADEN”, U.S. TAPS AND MOMENT OF SILENCE
- French Army: Honor Platoons: 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment
- Music: The Musique des Troupes de Marine
- U.S. Marines: Honor Platoons: 5th Marine Regiment, Music: 1st Marine Division Band