Military Insignia on Stained Glass - Meuse Argonne - East
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Military Insignia on Stained Glass - Meuse Argonne - East
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Military Insignia on the eastern side stained-glass window of the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery Chapel.
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.
Light comes into the chapel from east and west through two stained-glass windows. The insignia of many of the American divisions and larger units which served in the AEF are reproduced on the stained glass. Shown on the Eastern window are:
IV CORPS
FIRST ARMY
V CORPS
41st DIVISION
80th DIVISION
88th DIVISION
77th DIVISION
84th DIVISION
91st DIVISION
78th DIVISION
83rd DIVISION
90th DIVISION
89th DIVISION
85th DIVISION
92nd DIVISION
42nd DIVISION
81st DIVISION
76th DIVISION
79th DIVISION
82nd DIVISION
93rd DIVISION
Walking those cemeteries is never easy. A century has passed, but the soldiers resting there remain young men 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 19th, 2016
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