Meuse Argonne American Cemetery Flagstaff
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Meuse Argonne American Cemetery Flagstaff
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Meuse Argonne American Cemetery Flagstaff, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France.
Detail of the bass-relief on the base of one of the two flagstaffs flanking the chapel at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery. The bass-relief presents a Roman soldier's armor and weapons, breastplate, helmet, shield, sword and axe.
Located on a small valley east of the village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the biggest American cemetery in Europe. It covers 130.5 acres and over 14,000 American soldiers rest in it, most of whom lost their lives during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I.
The cemetery consists of eight sections behind a large central reflection pool. Behind and above the grave sections, there stands a square chapel with two loggias. Along their walls the names of the missing have been carved in stone. The list includes the disappeared in the region and in northern Russia.
Walking those cemeteries is never easy. A century has passed, but the soldiers resting there remain young kids forever. They lost their lives and their future. Their wives, the kids they would have had... so much to sacrifice for one single person.
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October 30th, 2019
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