Florida Epinal Cemetery Project

The Florida Epinal Cemetery Project 

Epinal American Cemetery

Our project seeks to tell the stories of the US servicemen from Florida buried in the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in eastern France. The U.S. Army soldiers and airmen buried in Epinal gave their lives to secure the liberation of France and in the fight against Nazi Germany in 1944 and 1945. Starting in 2015, and over the next several years, students in Dr. Amelia Lyons’ classes are writing biographies of the men from Florida to honor them, to learn the skills of historical research, and to bring their memory to a new generation in Florida and in France. Our project was inspired by the collaboration of Dr. Mary Louise Roberts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Association US Memory Grand Est France.

For more information, or to volunteer, please contact Dr. Amelia Lyons at Amelia.lyons@ucf.edu or 407-823-2768.