American Entry into WW1 Colonnade
Details:
At the pedestrian crosswalk intersection to the promenade.
Description: An inscribed marble entryway supported by marble columns; a roadway sized memorial.
The memorial remembers the entry of the United States into World War 1 and the renaming of a portion of the seaside promenade after the United States.
Monument Text:
The text is written in French and reads:
VILLE DE NICE
POUR COMMEMORE LA DECISION PRISE PAR LA REPUBLIQUE DES ETATS UNIS
SUR L’ INITIATIVE DU PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
DE PARTICIPER AU CONFLIT MONDIAL DE LA CIVILSATION CONTRE LA BARBARIE
LE CONSEIL MUNICIPAL DE NICE REUNI LE 30 AVRIL 1917 SOUS LA PRECIDENCE DE M LE GENERAL F COIRAN MAIRE
A DECIDE D APPELER L AVENIR LE QUAI DU MIDI
QUAI DE ETATS UNIS
The translation is:
CITY OF NICE
TO COMMEMORATE THE DECISION BY THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES
ON THE INITIATIVE OF PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD CONFLICT OF CIVILIZATION AGAINST BARBERISM
THE NICE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEETING ON 30 APRIL 1917 UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GENERAL F COIRAN MAYOR
DECIDED TO CALL THE FUTURE THE QUAI DU MIDI
QUAI OF THE UNITED STATES
QUAI OF THE UNITED STATES
