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The lock at Travecy (No. 35) in the Canal de la Sambre a l'Oise is operated by the user using a remote control.

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church. Bridge and lock of the Saint-Quentin canal. Near the bridge, a memorial of the communes of Liez and Mennessis commemorating the victims of the 32nd R.I., May-June 1940.

VFF15: In Mennessis there is a memorial for the victims of the 32nd Infantry Regiment. A metal bridge spans the canal.

The Église Saint-Sulpice de Clastres is a church building located in Clastres, in the Aisne department. It is dedicated to Saint-Sulpice and is an interesting example of Christian architecture in the region. The church contains an organ by Alexis Collet.

Via Francigena: You quickly reach Clastres, where you can see the light-coloured Saint-Sulpice church, made of bricks and concrete, a former public well and a fringe of wind turbines on the horizon. The war memorial has something.

Important for pilgrims: here you will also find a food shop on Sundays.

Stage 73 of Sigeric on his Via Francigena pilgrimage. Here is the end of the stage VFF14 Via Vrancigena France). In Seraucourt-le-Grand we cross the Somme. It owes its ancient name, "Serodi Curtis", to the Gallo-Romans who founded two of these famous villae, farms, around the 2nd century, who gave it the suffix "-COURT", as with many other villages. Traces of a Merovingian cemetery are also said to have been found.

As a memorial to the many dead, such a "MONUMENT AUX MORTS" (usually called a "Central Memorial" or "War Memorial" in German-speaking countries) is still very important today. "Now, Lord, you let your servant depart in peace, as you have said..." it says in the so-called "Hymn of Simeon" (Luke's Gospel, Chapter 2, Verse 29). However, the people who are remembered here did not depart in peace, but became victims of war and tyranny. Therefore, the term "fallen memorial" is now sometimes used instead of the "war memorial" that was previously common in German. In the French-speaking world, however, this aspect of commemoration of the dead has long been included in the most commonly used term "MONUMENT AUX MORTS". Regardless of language and nation, such a memorial has two important and at the same time everlasting tasks: -1- to keep the memory of the suffering and horror of war alive, -2- and to remind people of the need to maintain peace in the long term.