A very interesting read from The New York Times - In France, Artifacts of America’s Role in World War I More than 150 French towns and villages made donations to its construction. It was completed on time but could not be officially inaugurated as planned on Nov. 3, 1918; the Germans were too close. The ceremony was held shortly after the armistice, and for more than 20 years thereafter, people made pilgrimages to the memorial. But eventually another generation of Germans got even closer, and on Oct. 6, 1940, they blew it up — not inadvertently, with a shell, but with carefully placed dynamite.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 03:09:45 +0000
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