Maquisards Memorial
Details:
In front of the town war memorial.
A rectangular, white, stone slab with a slant top and one-step base, bearing a rectangular, dark plaque. The plaque is inscribed in French in engraved lettering which commemorates four men who were killed on August 3, 1944, by a retreating German column deployed in the area. The names inscribed include Bourgoin. The plaque shows that he is a Canadian, but, this is incorrect. Bourgoin or Lucien J. Bourgoin is an American who was born in Massachusetts. Behind this memorial, is an information panel that includes the story of what happened that day.
Monument Text:
A LA MEMOIRE DES MAQUISARDS
TOMES LE 3 AOÛT 1944
POUR LA LIBERATION DE LA FRANCE
AU PASSAGE D'UNE
COLONNE ALLEMANDE
JARRASSIER CLEMENT
MANDINAUD ERNEST
QUIRING JOSEPH
BOURGOIN (CANADIEN)
English translation:
IN MEMORY OF THE MAQUISARDS
FALLEN ON AUGUST 3, 1944
FOR THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE
AT THE PASSAGE OF A
GERMAN COLUMN
JARRASSIER CLEMENT
MANDINAUD ERNEST
QUIRING JOSEPH
BOURGOIN (CANADIAN)
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)
OSS
Wars:
WWII
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