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Audenarde American Monument is located in the town of Oudenaarde (Audenarde), Belgium, 18 miles south of Gent (Gand), Belgium, 45 miles west of Brussels, Belgium and 183 miles north of Paris. The Audenarde Monument is in a park at General Pershingstraat in the center of Audenarde.
Jun 27, 2015 · This monument is dedicated to the memory of the 40,000 troops of the 37th and 91st Divisions together with the 53rd Artillery Brigade of the American Expeditionary Forces, who fought in this region between 30 October and 11 November of 1918.
Audenarde Monument consists of a large limestone stele rising from a plinth. The monument stands in the center of a wide stone terrace with a low wall. Two sets of stepped vertical masses form the stele and draw attention inwards to a central inscription and shield of the US in relief, flanked by stylized eagles.
Oudenaarde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌudənaːrdə] ⓘ; French: Audenarde; in English sometimes Oudenarde) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere , Edelare, Eine , Ename , Heurne, Leupegem, Mater, Melden , Mullem, Nederename ...
Oudenaarde is a city in East Flanders. Oudenaarde is about 30 km south of Ghent , the capital of the province. The town has a little over 30,000 inhabitants and is a convenient hub for cycling tourists because of its geographical location in the center of the Flemish Ardennes.
This memorial commemorates the American soldiers who were killed during the Battle of the Scheldt in 1918 and the contribution of the American divisions in the liberation of Oudenaarde. It is one of only two memorials to American casualties from the First World War in Belgium.
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This memorial commemorates the American soldiers who were killed during the Battle of the Scheldt in 1918 and the contribution of the American divisions in the liberation of Oudenaarde. It is one of only two memorials to American casualties from the First World War in Belgium.
