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Photo by Ernst van Loon
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Photos by Mr. Robert Mary
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Description of park by American Battle Monuments Commission
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Webel understands the power of trees in this design. The soft soldiers of the allee foreshadow the precision of the memorial field. The natural woodland framing the austere field of marble memorials provides a resting place for the eyes. Evergreens symbolically protect and flank the American flag.
It is a simple and powerful memorial.