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Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial
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OneDayHero
May 14, 2022
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Located on the eastern slope of Mont Valérien, the Suresnes American Cemetery is the only place of remembrance in Europe to associate the two world wars. Created in 1917 by …
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JakobusPilger
November 7, 2024
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"God loves every soul with an undying love. He approaches each one with repeated, unspeakably patient offers of redemption. Even a small sign of love is enough for him to forgive and redeem. Our dear departed ones lacked a life preserver for the body; but the spiritual life preserver was not lacking, the breath of God in which the soul can clothe itself in a tiny moment, much more quickly than the body could." (Text by Albino Luciani / Pope John Paul I)
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Destination Hauts-de-Seine
April 14, 2026
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Created in 1917 by the "Graves Registration Service" and inaugurated in 1919. It accommodates 1541 American soldiers fallen during the First World War and 24 unknown soldiers fallen during the Second World War. Impeccable rows of white Carrara marble crosses, among which are 22 Stars of David for soldiers of the Jewish faith, radiate in a "V" shape on either side of the central aisle towards the chapel.
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