Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission World War I site, honors the Marines Corps for their 250th anniversary. From June 15 through Aug. 31, 2025, the cemetery will host a commemorative exhibit called “Faces of Aisne-Marne American Cemetery.” This event will highlight 21 Marines who fought in the 21-day battle of Belleau Wood that took place June 6-26, 1918. The 21 stories will be displayed in Plot A, Plot B and in the chapel by the wall of the missing.  

“This project bridges past and present,” said Glenn Dickson, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery superintendent. “Those stories reflect the courage, leadership and sacrifice of the Marines who fought there 107 years ago. Those men defined the fight and shaped the enduring reputation of the Marines Corps.”  

Ten of the stories presented are also gathered in a booklet on the topic of brotherhood, under the following theme: Marines’ actions during and after the battle of Belleau Wood highlight the unbreakable sense of brotherhood in the Corps. The booklet is available for visitors in the reception room of the cemetery. 

A register dedicated to Marines who visit Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and wish to write about their own experience of brotherhood in the Marines Corps is available in the Visitors Room. 

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery is located at the foot of Belleau Wood, near Belleau, France. The cemetery contains the graves of approximately 2,300 U.S. service members, most of whom fought in the vicinity and in the Marne Valley in the summer of 1918. The memorial chapel sits on a hillside, decorated with sculptured and stained-glass details of wartime personnel, equipment and insignia. Inscribed on its interior wall are approximately 1,100 names of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. 

The American Battle Monuments Commission sites are a constant reminder of Gen. John J. Pershing’s promise that, “time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”