On the left side yard.

Monument

A Voie de la Liberté markers honoring the route that Allied forces, particularly American troops, traveled as they fought to liberate occupied France. The marker bearing a black rectangular plaque honoring the 35th Infantry Division, which liberated the town on July 31, 1944. The plaque, written in French, includes the division's insignia at the top. The stele was inaugurated in 2007.

The Liberty Road (Voie de la Liberté) is an 1147 km long route commemorating the victory of the Allies and the liberation of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg during World War II. It consists of a series of kilometer markers (or bornes in French) along the road network between Sainte-Mère-Eglise ( terminal 0 ) and Utah Beach ( terminal 00 ) in Normandy, and Bastogne in Belgium, marking the route followed by the US 3rd Army commanded by General Patton during Operation Cobra. The milestones, sculpted by François Cogné, are placed at an interval of 1 km along Liberty Road. "Borne 00 (KM 00)" marks the start of the route where the 3rd Army landed.

The Voie de la Liberté was created on the initiative of Major Guy de la Vasselais, a liaison officer with the U.S. Army, and Gabriel Hocquard, Mayor of Metz before and after World War II, with assistance from the Michelin Tire Company. In 1946, they decided to mark the route taken by the Allied troops to liberate Europe with markers, following the example of the Sacred Way of Verdun. The route chosen was that of the 3rd American Army commanded by General George Patton, from its landing on the Cotentin coast to Lorraine. In March 1946, a Belgian association proposed to extend the road to Bastogne (Belgium). Borne 00 marker as well as the one in Sainte-Mère-Eglise were inaugurated on September 16, 1947. The entirely of the road was inaugurated on September 18, 1947, in Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne).

The liberation of Giéville on August 1, 1944, was part of the 35th U.S. Infantry Division's strategic push to drive German forces southward in Normandy, beginning with an assault on Torigni-sur-Vire on July 31. Supported by artillery and tank units, American forces overcame German resistance, securing Torigni-sur-Vire by nightfall. By the following morning, with German forces retreating south of the Vire River, the 35th Division pressed forward to liberate Giéville.

Source of information: www.normandie44lamemoire.com, www.dday-overlord.com, www.nationalww2museum.org

Source of photo: www.facebook.com/ 35 Santa Fe Division in Normandy

Plaque Text:

A la 

mémoire de la 

35éme D.I. 

'' SANTA FE '' 

libératrice de 

la commune de 

GIEVILLE 

le 1 /08/1944

English Translation:

In

memory of the

35th D.I.

'' SANTA FE ''

liberator of

the commune of

GIEVILLE

on 08/01/1944

Borne Marker Text:

VOIE

DE LA

LIBERTE

1944

English translation:

LIBERTY

ROAD

1944