NORMANDY – Fine Art on Canvas (Framed – 18″ x 24″)

The ABMC Vintage Art Collection (VAC) is comprised of 31 images all 26 cemeteries and five of the monuments/memorials under the care of the American Battle Monuments Commission. ABMC commissioned the French artist, DOZ, to create the neo-retro style posters. He created them as “…a message of peace, a testimony between generations.

– Pine wood frame in black
– Frame thickness: 1.25′′ (3.18 cm)
– Canvas fabric weight: 10.15 +/- 0.74 oz/yd² (344 g/m² +/- 25g/m²)
– Open back
– Comes with rubber pads on the back corners
– Hanging hardware attached
– Made in America

The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, is located on the site of the temporary American St. Laurent Cemetery, established by the U.S. First Army on June 8, 1944. The 172.5-acre cemetery contains the graves of 9,388 military personnel, most of whom died during the D-Day landings and subsequent operations. The Walls of the Missing in a semicircular garden inscribe 1,557 names, with rosettes marking those since recovered and identified.

The memorial features a semicircular colonnade with loggias at each end displaying large maps and narratives of military operations. At the center is the bronze statue, “Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves.” An orientation table overlooking the beach depicts the Normandy landings. Facing west, the memorial includes a reflecting pool, a burial area with a circular chapel, and statues representing the United States and France.

Normandy is ABMC’s most visited cemetery, receiving more than one million visitors each year.