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Chateau-Thierry Bridge Keystone

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Details:

In the dining room of Pershing Hall on the ground floor. Plaque A plaque set on the keystone set into the wall of the dining room in Pershing Hall.  

Monument Text:

THIS KEYSTONE

TAKEN FROM THE BRIDGE DESTROYED

AT CHATEAU-THIERRY,

HERE LAID IN AUGUST OF 1928,

WITH APPROPRIATE CEREMONIES

BY PAUL V. MCNUTT,

NATIONAL COMMANDER OF

THE AMERICAN LEGION,

AS THE FOUNDATION STONE

TO

THIS PERSHING HALL MEMORIAL BUILDING.

Commemorates:

People:

Paul Vories McNutt

Units:

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

Wars:

WWI