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    Location: Montfaucon-D'Argonne, Verdun, Great East, France

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    June 20, 2025

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    This impressive American WWI memorial was dedicated in 1937 to commemorate the victory of the American First Army during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (26 September – 11 November 1918). The 54-metre-high Doric granite column, designed by John Russell Pope, is topped by a statue symbolising liberty. The monument stands on the hill of Montfaucon, where a medieval monastery once stood and where the Americans achieved a strategic victory in 1918.
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    June 10, 2021

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    The monument faces the front line of the First American Army on the morning of September 26, 1918, when the attack whose victory it commemorates, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, began. This …
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    May 15, 2025

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    This impressive American WWI memorial was dedicated in 1937 to commemorate the victory of the American First Army during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (26 September – 11 November 1918). The 54-metre-high Doric granite column, designed by John Russell Pope, is topped by a statue symbolising liberty 1 2. The monument stands on the hill of Montfaucon, where a medieval monastery once stood and where the Americans achieved a strategic victory in 1918.
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    1. Cimetière Américain Meuse-Argonne et Monument Américain de Mont Faucon — loop from Verdun

    80.2km

    03:26

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    Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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    Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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    Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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