Montfaucon American Monument
- Also Known As: Meuse-Argonne American Memorial
- Address: Rue d'Amerique
- Vicinity: E of Montfaucon-d'Argonne
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1918/09/26 | While picking through the wooded slopes, the US Army, 79th Div, Green Unit finds they have to "charge a gun from the front and both flanks, and take it regardless of our losses, which, per gun captured, averaged 10 to 20 men." Maj Charles A DuPuy | Meuse-Argonne Offensive | ||||
| 1937/07/00 | John Russell Pope | Architect | A monument commemorating the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of the American First Army is erected within the war ruins of the village of Montfaucon-d'Argonne. The 71 metres (233 ft) tall, granite, Doric column is surmounted by a statue of liberty. | |||
| 1937/08/01 | William C Bullitt | US Ambassador to France | An unbroken chain of friendship stretches from (the) monument at Yorktown to this monument at Montfaucon. Those French soldiers still live in the hearts of Americans as these American soldiers buried close to us here will live in the hearts of the French. | |||
| 1937/08/01 | Albert Francois Lebrun | French President | With a voice full of emotion, the French President Lebrun conveys the country's gratitude for America's sacrifice. | |||
| 1937/08/01 | Before an audience of more than 12,000 people, the monument at Montfaucon, France commemorating the great Meuse-Argonne Offensive of the American First Army is dedicated. The five special trains from Paris were filled to overflowing. | |||||
| 1937/08/01 | Philippe Petain | French Commander | We had to temporize and limit their actions to push back the enemies until the moment when the Americans arrived. The balance of power shifted to the advantage of the Allies and permitted us to go on the offensive - PP | |||
| 1937/08/01 | Franklin D Roosevelt | US President | FDR makes a radio address: people of France and the people of the United States find union today in common devotion to the ... ideal of freedom under democracy, liberty obtained by government founded in democratic institutions. | |||
| 1937/08/01 | 20 years ago, more than two million American citizens, submerging every thought of selfish interest, left their homeland and joined their friends and allies on the field of honor in defense of a noble principle. - Harry W Colmery | |||||
| 1937/08/01 | John J Pershing | ABMC Chairman | 1,200,000 American soldiers: Most of them had been hurriedly equipped and only partially trained when they were rushed across the seas and put in to battle against a veteran army. They fought with a dash that surprised both friend and foe.... JJP |
| Particulars for Montfaucon American Monument: | |
|---|---|
| Cultural Affiliation | American Military |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Historic Use | Battle site |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Building Type | Church |
| Criteria Consideration | Commemorative property |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Structure Type | Memorial Column |
| Historic Use | Monument |
| Historic Use | Religious Property |
| Disposition | Ruin |
| War | War Damage |
| Historic Event | World War I |
| Area of Significance | World War I - Western Front |
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