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American Legion Monument

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Details:

Just south of a dune running along the coast towards the Atlantic. Monument A tall stone monument with engraved writing and a metal circular crest on the ground in front of it.

Monument Text:

ICI

S'ELEVAIT LE MONUMENT

ERIGE

A

LA GLOIRE

DES

AMERICAINS

AUX SOLDATS

DU

GENERAL PERSHING

DEFENSEURS

DU MEME IDEAL

DE DROIT ET DE LIBERTE

QUI CONDUISIT

EN AMERIQUE

LA FAYETTE

ET

SES VOLONTAIRES

PARTIS DE CE RIVAGE

EN 1777

 

LE MONUMENT SYMBOLISAIT

LA FRATERNITE D'ARMES

ET L'AMITIE

FRANCO-AMERICAINE

IL FUT DETRUIT

LE 30 MAI 1942

PAR LES

TROUPES D'OCCUPATION

ALLEMANDES

IL SERA REEDIFIE

PAR LE PEUPLE FRANCAIS

THEY HAVE DESTROYED IT

WE SHALL RESTORE IT

 

English translation:

Here stood the monument erected to the glory of the American soldiers of general Pershing, defenders of the same ideals of law and liberty which led to America, Lafayette and his volunteers leaving these shores in 1777.

The monument symbolized the brotherhood of arms and the Franco-American friendship.

It was destroyed on May 30, 1942 by the German occupation troops. It will be reedified by the French people.