American Legion Monument
Details:
Just south of a dune running along the coast towards the Atlantic. Monument A tall stone monument with engraved writing and a metal circular crest on the ground in front of it.
Monument Text:
ICI
S'ELEVAIT LE MONUMENT
ERIGE
A
LA GLOIRE
DES
AMERICAINS
AUX SOLDATS
DU
GENERAL PERSHING
DEFENSEURS
DU MEME IDEAL
DE DROIT ET DE LIBERTE
QUI CONDUISIT
EN AMERIQUE
LA FAYETTE
ET
SES VOLONTAIRES
PARTIS DE CE RIVAGE
EN 1777
LE MONUMENT SYMBOLISAIT
LA FRATERNITE D'ARMES
ET L'AMITIE
FRANCO-AMERICAINE
IL FUT DETRUIT
LE 30 MAI 1942
PAR LES
TROUPES D'OCCUPATION
ALLEMANDES
IL SERA REEDIFIE
PAR LE PEUPLE FRANCAIS
THEY HAVE DESTROYED IT
WE SHALL RESTORE IT
English translation:
Here stood the monument erected to the glory of the American soldiers of general Pershing, defenders of the same ideals of law and liberty which led to America, Lafayette and his volunteers leaving these shores in 1777.
The monument symbolized the brotherhood of arms and the Franco-American friendship.
It was destroyed on May 30, 1942 by the German occupation troops. It will be reedified by the French people.
Commemorates:
People:
Marquis de (Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier) Lafayette
Wars:
WWI
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