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YMCA Plaque Gondrecourt

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The plaque hangs on the outside wall, right of the entrance door of the town hall beside a black plaque. Plaque A bronze plaque placed by the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) of the United States which marks the location of one of their centers during World War I.

Monument Text:

MCMXVII                 MCMXVIII

 

POUR COMMÉMORER

LES JOURS HÉROÏQUES DE LA GRANDE GUERRE

OÙ LESA FILS DE FRANCE

ET LES FILS D'AMERIQUE

CÔTE A CÔTE ONT DONNÉ LEUR VIE

POUR LA LIBERTÉ

CETTE PLAQUE A ÉTÉ APPOSÉE PAR

THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

DES ÉTATS-UNIS

_________________________

 

IN COMMEMORATION

OF THE HEROIC DAYS OF THE GREAT WAR

WHEN THE SONS OF FRANCE

AND THE SONS OF AMERICA

SIDE BY SIDE GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR LIBERTY

THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY

THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

OF THE UNITED STATES

 

THIS TOWN WAS ONE OF THE MANY CENTERS

FROM WHICH THE Y.M.C.A. WAS PREVILEGED

TO SERVE THE FORCES OF THE ALLIES

 

English translation: 

MCMXVII – 1917

MCMXVIII – 1918

Commemorates:

Wars:

WWI

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