The World War I Meuse-Argonne
American Cemetery and Memorial is located east of the village
of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon (Meuse), France and about
twenty-six miles northwest of Verdun. Meuse-Argonne, covering
one hundred and thirty acres, holds the largest number of
American Dead in Europe, a total of 14,246. Most of those
buried here gave their lives during the Meuse-Argonne
Offensive of World War I. The immense array of headstones
rises in rectangular rows upwards beyond a wide central pool
to the chapel which crowns a ridge. A beautiful bronze screen
separates the chapel foyer from the interior, which is
decorated with stained glass windows portraying American unit
insignia. Behind the altar are the flags of the Allied
nations.
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