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American War Memorials Overseas (AWMO) was founded in 2008 and is a non-profit corporation working to document, promote, and preserve non-government supported War Memorials honoring Americans outside of the United States. American War Memorials Overseas is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation and as such is entirely dependent on donated funds.〔MAJ Lillian Pfluke, November 2009, "American War Memorials Overseas, Preserving America's Overseas Wartime Legacy", ''ARMY'', 43-48〕 ==Mission== War Memorials commemorate our shared past, and overseas war memorials honoring Americans are a most important symbol of America's international engagement. American War Memorials Overseas works to document, promote, and preserve non-government supported War Memorials honoring Americans outside of the USA to ensure these monuments remain part of local communities forever.〔 The AWMO cooperates with other organizations, at international, national, and local levels, to safeguard the future of War Memorials honoring Americans overseas in both their social and historical context.〔Major Tonie Holt & Mrs. Valmai Holt, ''Major & Mrs. Holt's Battlefield Guide: Normandy Landing Beaches'', South Yorkshire, Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2012〕〔"AMERICAN WAR MEMORIALS OVERSEAS, INC", http://www.verdun-meuse.fr/index.php?qs=fr/grande-guerre/american-war-memorials-overseas,-inc, 8/29/2011, Retrieved 2012-2-7〕 The U.S. Federal government, via the American Battle Monuments Commission, cares for 24 overseas cemeteries and 25 memorials.〔 They have neither the authority nor the resources to care for thousands of other sites honoring Americans worldwide.〔 American War Memorials Overseas has the following objectives regarding these other sites: *Record the existence and location of non-government supported war memorials honoring Americans overseas and make this information available to the public. *Encourage cultural tourism to visit these historical sites. *Encourage and facilitate local communities to fly the American flag over private war memorials honoring Americans. *Monitor the condition of these war memorials, and encourage their conservation. *Provide expert advice to those involved in war memorial projects, and facilitate maintenance projects for sponsoring organizations. *Work with communities and organizations to encourage local responsibility for war memorials, and to recognize the need to conduct restoration work on these monuments as required. *Build a greater understanding of war memorial heritage and raise awareness of the issues surrounding war memorial conservation. These objectives are published in the ''Army Magazine''.〔 The American War Memorials Overseas lasting goal is not only to have documented all war memorials that honor Americans in countries outside the United States, but most importantly, to preserve those memorials so that they will last forever.〔 The AWMO cooperates with other organizations, at international, national, and local levels, to fix memorials that are in disrepair and to safeguard the future of such memorials.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「American War Memorials Overseas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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