American Red Cross and French Red Cross Memorial
Details:
On the north side of the road intersection against a wall.
MonumentA painted concrete memorial built into a wall with an inscription.
The memorial remembers the American and French Red Cross and the French union of nurses which operated in this town during World War 1.
Monument Text:
The inscrition is in French and reads:
EN
SOUVENIR
DE LA COLLABORATION
DE LA
CROIX ROUGE AMERICAINE
ET DE
L'UNION
DES FEMMES DE FRANCE
CROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE
(Red Cross Symbol)
A
CHAULNES
RESSUCITE
1917-1919
Translation:
IN
MEMORY
OF THE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS
AND THE
UNION OF FRENCH WOMEN
FRENCH RED CROSS
(Red Cross Symbol)
AT
CHAULNES
RISEN
1917-1919
