{"id":1229,"date":"2025-11-12T16:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/alentours\/omaha-beach-and-the-american-cemetery\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T13:19:09","slug":"omaha-beach-and-the-american-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"alentours","link":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/en\/alentours\/omaha-beach-and-the-american-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Omaha Beach and the American cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Omaha Beach and the American cemetery<\/h1><div class=\"columns reverse-mob\" style=\"align-items:center;\"><div class=\"columns__item media\" style=\"align-self:center;\"><div class=\"gallery f-carousel fc-diapo-mob\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-mob\"><figure class=\"gallery__item\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/webp_cimetiere_americain-420x236.webp\" media=\"(max-width: 210px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/webp_cimetiere_americain-850x478.webp\" media=\"(max-width: 420px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/webp_cimetiere_americain-768x432.webp\" media=\"(max-width: 850px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/webp_cimetiere_americain-1024x576.webp\" media=\"(max-width: 1024px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/webp_cimetiere_americain.webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1025px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/webp_cimetiere_americain-420x236.webp\" width=\"420\" height=\"210\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/picture><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"columns__item texte\" style=\"align-self:center;\"><p    >A necropolis in memory of American soldiers who died on French soil&#8230;<\/p><p    >Overlooking Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer American Cemetery is home to 9,387 white steles, perfectly aligned on lawns, housing the remains of American soldiers who died during D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.<\/p><p    >On one side is the cemetery itself, on the other a monumental memorial, featuring a Greek Revival peristyle, a 7-metre-high bronze statue symbolizing the Soul of American Youth, a &#8220;Garden of the Missing&#8221; and a water feature.<\/p><p    >Every day, visitors can take part in the color ceremony, a solemn and moving moment.<br\/>Nearby, the <strong>Visitor Center of the Colleville-sur-Mer American Cemetery<\/strong> retraces the fate of the soldiers who fell for freedom and the historical context of the Normandy Landings through objects, testimonials and projections.<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"lieu":[13],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alentours\/1229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alentours"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/alentours"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alentours\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1230,"href":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/alentours\/1229\/revisions\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lieu","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camping-de-la-prairie.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lieu?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}