Monument Details

Lt Kiffin Y. Rockwell

Details:

At the NE corner of the town soccer field. Monument A small boulder bearing a brown sign with the Escadrille Lafayette logo and a quote from Lt Rockwell.

Monument Text:

"La cause de la France est

La cause de l'humanite"

Lieutenant Kiffin ROCKWELL

Septembre 1916

English translation:

"If I die you will know that I died as every man should—in fighting for the right. I do not consider that I am fighting for France alone, but for the cause of humanity, the most noble of all causes." Lt Kiffin Rockwell, September 1916

Commemorates:

People:

Kiffin Yates Rockwell

Units:

French Foreign Legion

Lafayette Escadrille

Wars:

WWI

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