Located just inside the town hall portico.

A yellow sandstone inscribed plaque with the cross of Lorraine and US Military eagle.

The plaque remembers the liberation of the town and the liberation of Fort Driant when the enemy capitualted the fort on December 8. 1944 ending the Battle for Metz.

For more on the Battle of Fort Driant see Site: Fort Driant (Ars-sur-Moselle), this website.

To visit Fort Driant contact  Le Fort Driant (Feste Kronprinz)/Amicale du Fort Driant (Friends of Fort Driant) Group. Email: amicalefortdriant@gmail.com

Special thanks to Le Fort Driant (Feste Kronprinz)/Amicale du Fort Driant (Friends of Fort Driant) Group for their efforts to preserve the fort and remember this 1944 battle.

The text on the plaque is inscribed in Frend and reads:

A la mémoire des
Officiers, Sous-Officiers et Soldats
de la 5ème Division d'infanterie
Américaine
Tombés au champ d'Honneur pour la Libération e d' Ars sur-Moselle lors des combats du fort Driant
ARS SUR MOSELLE
50ème ANNIVERSAIRE
8 DECEMBRE 1994
REMEMBER

The English Transaltion:

In memory of the
Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Soldiers
of the 5th American Infantry Division
Fallen in the field of honor for the Liberation of Ars-sur-Moselle during the battles at Fort Driant
ARS-SUR-MOSELLE

50th Anniversary

• December 1994
• REMEMBER