YMCA Plaque Bar-le-Duc
Details:
The plaque hangs on the outside wall, left of the entrance door of the town hall. Plaque A bronze plaque placed by the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) of the United States which marks the location of one of their centers during World War I.
Monument Text:
MCMXVII MCMXVIII
POUR COMMÉMORER
LES JOURS HÉROÏQUES DE LA GRANDE GUERRE
OÙ LESA FILS DE FRANCE
ET LES FILS D'AMERIQUE
CÔTE A CÔTE ONT DONNÉ LEUR VIE
POUR LA LIBERTÉ
CETTE PLAQUE A ÉTÉ APPOSÉE PAR
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
DES ÉTATS-UNIS
_________________________
IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE HEROIC DAYS OF THE GREAT WAR
WHEN THE SONS OF FRANCE
AND THE SONS OF AMERICA
SIDE BY SIDE GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR LIBERTY
THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
OF THE UNITED STATES
THIS TOWN WAS ONE OF THE MANY CENTERS
FROM WHICH THE Y.M.C.A. WAS PREVILEGED
TO SERVE THE FORCES OF THE ALLIES
English translation:
MCMXVII – 1917
MCMXVIII – 1918