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    1. Cimetière Américain Meuse-Argonne et Monument Américain de Mont Faucon — loop from Verdun

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    June 10, 2021

    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 lasted until November 11, 1918 and forced the enemy to retreat from their front.

    This monument was erected and is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission, a U.S. government agency.

    The monument was inaugurated on Sunday August 1, 1937 in the presence of the President of the French Republic, Albert Lebrun. The President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, delivered a speech from Washington which was broadcast live in Montfaucon. Wikipedia

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      May 15, 2025

      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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        May 15, 2025

        Tips:
        Climb the 234 steps to the viewing platform for a panoramic view of the former battlefield.
        Read the inscriptions at the foot of the monument with the names of the participating divisions.

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

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