This project in Saint Laurent Sur Mer, France, engages a landscape marked by archaeology, history, valor, myth, and honor to produce an architectural offering that commemorates the first war fighters to come ashore at Omaha and Utah Beaches in France during World War II. The design also honors the people of Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer who continue to carry the memory of that event. Designed within the highly charged context of Normandy’s coastline, the work confronts the challenge of building in a place where the terrain itself has become a vessel of collective memory. The modern design was developed through a process grounded in historical research, site analysis, and a close reading of the cultural and ecological context.