USA - USA

FORT MEADE (MARYLAND)

Battle of the Bulge Memorial
Mémorial de la Bataille des Ardennes - Memoriaal van de Slag om de Ardennen

 

 

 


Location - Localisation - Ligging: Leonard Wood Avenue, on the grounds of the Fort George G. Meade Museum.

GPS coordinates - Coordonnées GPS - GPS-coördinaten: +39°5.945', -76°44.615'

Inscription - Inscriptions - Opschriften

"DECEMBER 16. 1944 [Logo "VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE - ARDENNES"] JANUARY 25. 1945

DEDICATED TO THE GALLANT AND VICTORIOUS MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY WHO PARTICIPATED IN
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.

THIS ENORMOUS AND INTENSIVE BATTLE,
THE GREATEST BATTLE EVER ENGAGED IN BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY,
WAS FOUGHT IN BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG DURING WORLD WAR II
FROM 16 DECEMBER 1944 THROUGH 25 JANUARY 1945,
UNDER MOST ADVERSE WINTER WEATHER.

THE MARYLAND/DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAPTER,
VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE,
ASSEMBLED HERE ON 30 MAY 1999, DEDICATE THIS MONUMENT
TO REMEMBER THE TRIUMPH OF COURAGE,
HONOR OUR FALLEN COMRADES
AND COMMEMORATE THIS EVER FAMOUS AMERICAN VICTORY."

Inauguration - Inauguration - Inhuldiging : 30 May / mai / mei 1999.

Ce monument ne comporte pas de noms de victimes de guerre - Er staan geen namen van oorlogsslachtoffers op dit monument
 







Source - Bron : "Historical Marker Database"



Source - Bron : "VAntage Point" (December 2014)