[ Intro ] [ Memorials ] [ Maps ] [ Video ] MONTFAUCON AMERICAN
MONUMENT The World War I Montfaucon American Monument is located
seven miles south of the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and
Memorial and 20 miles northwest of Verdun, France. From June
through September 30 the Montfaucon Monument is open daily from
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Beginning in October, the Montfaucon Monument
will be closed to the public on week days because of scheduled
maintenance. The monument will be open to the public on
Saturdays and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. throughout the
month of October. It consists of a massive granite doric column,
surmounted by a statue symbolic of liberty, which towers more
than 200-feet above the war ruins of the former village. It
commemorates the American victory during the Meuse-Argonne
Offensive during the period September 26, 1918 to November 11,
1918, when the American First Army forced the enemy to conduct a
general retreat on this front. On the walls of the foyer are an
engraved map of the opera