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Replacing Wood Crosses With Marble Markers for World War Dead
The article explains plans to replace the remaining World War I wooden crosses with Carrara marble markers across European cemeteries, detailing costs, site choices, and the role of the American Battle Monuments Commission led by General Pershing. It notes memorials in Meuse Argonne, Aisne Marne, Flanders, and other sites, plus naval monuments, with Memorial Day significance rising as bodies are returned and identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Romagne-Long-Stontfancon
France
Pershing
United States
America
Congress
War Department
American Battle Monuments Commission
General Pershing
Europe
Quartermaster General of the Army
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon
Meuse-Argonne
Oisne-Aisne
Mere
St. Mihiel
Aisne Marne
Sommé
Suresnes
Flanders Field
Belgium
Brookwood
England
Battle Monuments Commission
Commis
Sién
Compassion
North Sea
Montfaucon
Meuse Argonne
Montsee
SL Atel
Chateau-Thierry
Aisne-Marne
Monfsée
Montfauego
Chanteau-Thierry
Paris
Soissong
Aisne
Audenarde
Ypres
Bony
Juvigny
Vesle
Soissons
Sommepy
Meuse
Sedan
Cantigny
Rome
Services of Supply
Nancy
British Isles
Brest
Corfu
Ponte Delgeds
Azores
Gibraltar
Beétter
Guy A. Hardy
Colorado
Washington
St. Mintel
Marshal Foch
American Legion