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Le cimetière américain de Flandre (en anglais : Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial) est un cimetière militaire américain de la Première Guerre mondiale, situé au sud-est de Waregem en Belgique. Il s'agit de l'unique cimetière américain de la Première Guerre mondiale en Belgique et 441 soldats y reposent (nombre d'entre eux appartenant à la 91e division d'infanterie, tombés lors des derniers jours de la campagne d'Ypres-Lys en 1918). Il est géré par l'American Battle Monuments Commission et a une superficie de 2,4 hectares. Barack Obama a visité le cimetière le 26 mars 2014.
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| dbo:abstract | Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War I cemetery in the city of Waregem, Belgium. Originally a temporary battlefield burial ground, Flanders Field American Cemetery later became the only permanent American World War I cemetery in Belgium. The Flanders Field American Cemetery commemorates 411 service members of the United States Armed Forces of which 368 are interred. The Walls of the Missing inside the chapel venerates 43 missing service members. This cemetery is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and occupies a six-acre (2.5 hectares) site. The government of Belgium granted its free use as a permanent burial ground in perpetuity without charge or taxation. At the center of the cemetery is the small memorial chapel of white Pouillenay stone. Above its bronze entrance door is engraved: Greet Them Ever With Grateful Hearts On three of the outer walls, the dedicatory inscription appears in French, Flemish and English: This Chapel Has Been Erected By The United States Of America In Memory Of Her Soldiers Who Fought And Died In Belgium During The World War. These Graves Are The Permanent And Visible Symbol Of The Heroic Devotion With Which They Gave Their Lives To The Common Cause Of Humanity Beneath the three versions of the inscription, sculptured bas-relief figures symbolizing Grief, Remembrance, and History respectively appear. Located inside the chapel is an altar of Grand Antique (black and white) marble. On the front of the altar is inscribed: I Will Ransom Them From The Power Of The GraveI Will Redeem Them From Death Above it carved on a rose-tinted marble panel is a Crusader's sword outlined in gold. On either side of the altar are bronze candelabras depicting cannons Flags of the United States, Belgium, France, Great Britain, and Italy also flank the altar. On the side walls of the chapel, panels of rose St. George marble carry the names of 43 American soldiers who lost their lives in Belgium and sleep in unknown graves. Above the names is the Great Seal of the United States and the inscription: In Memory Of Those American Soldiers Who Fought In This Region And Who Sleep In Unknown Graves The interior of the chapel is enhanced by the mosaic ceiling, which depicts a lighted oil lamp under the stars of Heaven with doves of peace flying toward the light. The graves area consists of four rectangular plots. Each plot contains 92 graves marked with white Carrara marble headstones set in four rows. Eight Stars of David mark the graves of those of Jewish faith. 21 of the 368 graves in the cemetery are of Unknowns. The majority of the soldiers memorialized at the Flanders Field American Cemetery represent four main divisions who fought in Belgium during the final weeks of the war. The 27th New York and the 30th Old Hickory Divisions saw action near Ypres from August 18 to September 4, 1918. The 37th Buckeye and 91st Wild West Divisions pushed west from Waregem and across the Scheldt River at Oudenaarde from October 30, 1918 until the Armistice on November 11, 1918. The Flanders Field American Cemetery is situated on a battlefield where the 91st Division suffered many casualties in securing the nearby wooded area called "Spitaals Bosschen". The Flanders Field American Cemetery takes its name from the poem "In Flanders Fields" written by Canadian physician, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. McCrae wrote the poem near Ypres after attending the funeral of his friend, Lieutenant Alexis Helmer. * Entrance to the Flanders Field American Cemetery * The interior of the chapel at the Flanders Field American Cemetery. * The chapel ceiling mosaic at the Flanders Field American Cemetery. (en) Le cimetière américain de Flandre (en anglais : Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial) est un cimetière militaire américain de la Première Guerre mondiale, situé au sud-est de Waregem en Belgique. Il s'agit de l'unique cimetière américain de la Première Guerre mondiale en Belgique et 441 soldats y reposent (nombre d'entre eux appartenant à la 91e division d'infanterie, tombés lors des derniers jours de la campagne d'Ypres-Lys en 1918). Il est géré par l'American Battle Monuments Commission et a une superficie de 2,4 hectares. Barack Obama a visité le cimetière le 26 mars 2014. (fr) Het Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is een Amerikaanse militaire begraafplaats in de Belgische stad Waregem, gelegen op het kruispunt van de Wortegemseweg en de Bosstraat, vlak bij de afrit van de autosnelweg E17. Het is de enige Amerikaanse begraafplaats in België met gesneuvelden uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Ze ligt vlak bij de Spitaalsbossen, de plaats waar de meeste Amerikaanse soldaten gesneuveld zijn tijdens de slag aan de Schelde rond 1 november 1918. Soldaten die eerst elders werden begraven, zijn in de jaren na Wapenstilstand plechtig herbegraven op het Flanders Field American Cemetery. De architect van de begraafplaats is Paul P. Cret uit Philadelphia, in de Amerikaanse staat Pennsylvania. (nl) Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial – amerykański cmentarz wojenny położony w belgijskiej miejscowości Waregem. Na cmentarzu jest pochowanych 411 żołnierzy amerykańskich, którzy polegli podczas I wojny światowej w trakcie trwania amerykańsko-francuskiej ofensywy w regionie Ypres-Lys. Wszyscy pochowani na cmentarzu żołnierze służyli w 91. Amerykańskiej Dywizji Piechoty. Cmentarz jest administrowany przez Amerykańską Komisję Cmentarzy Wojennych (ang. American Battle Monuments Commission ABMC). Łączna jego powierzchnia wynosi ponad 24 000 m². Podobnie jak większość cmentarzy alianckich z I wojny światowej, ziemia oraz teren pod budowę zostały przygotowane przez rząd belgijski. Na środku cmentarza znajduje się czworokątna kaplica, wykonana z białego kamienia. W środku kaplicy zostały umieszczone imiona 43 amerykańskich żołnierzy, których tożsamość pozostała niezidentyfikowana. Oficjalne otwarcie cmentarza nastąpiło w 1937. Cmentarz jest otwarty codziennie w godzinach 9–17 z wyjątkiem 25 grudnia oraz 1 stycznia. ABMC nadzoruje kontrolę także nad dwoma innymi cmentarzami wojennymi na terenie Belgii: Amerykańskim Cmentarzem w Ardenach oraz Cmentarzem Wojennym w Henri-Chapelle (oba cmentarze pochodzą z II wojny światowej). (pl) |
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| rdfs:comment | Le cimetière américain de Flandre (en anglais : Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial) est un cimetière militaire américain de la Première Guerre mondiale, situé au sud-est de Waregem en Belgique. Il s'agit de l'unique cimetière américain de la Première Guerre mondiale en Belgique et 441 soldats y reposent (nombre d'entre eux appartenant à la 91e division d'infanterie, tombés lors des derniers jours de la campagne d'Ypres-Lys en 1918). Il est géré par l'American Battle Monuments Commission et a une superficie de 2,4 hectares. Barack Obama a visité le cimetière le 26 mars 2014. (fr) Het Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is een Amerikaanse militaire begraafplaats in de Belgische stad Waregem, gelegen op het kruispunt van de Wortegemseweg en de Bosstraat, vlak bij de afrit van de autosnelweg E17. Het is de enige Amerikaanse begraafplaats in België met gesneuvelden uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Ze ligt vlak bij de Spitaalsbossen, de plaats waar de meeste Amerikaanse soldaten gesneuveld zijn tijdens de slag aan de Schelde rond 1 november 1918. Soldaten die eerst elders werden begraven, zijn in de jaren na Wapenstilstand plechtig herbegraven op het Flanders Field American Cemetery. De architect van de begraafplaats is Paul P. Cret uit Philadelphia, in de Amerikaanse staat Pennsylvania. (nl) Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War I cemetery in the city of Waregem, Belgium. Originally a temporary battlefield burial ground, Flanders Field American Cemetery later became the only permanent American World War I cemetery in Belgium. The Flanders Field American Cemetery commemorates 411 service members of the United States Armed Forces of which 368 are interred. The Walls of the Missing inside the chapel venerates 43 missing service members. Greet Them Ever With Grateful Hearts I Will Ransom Them From The Power Of The GraveI Will Redeem Them From Death * * * (en) Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial – amerykański cmentarz wojenny położony w belgijskiej miejscowości Waregem. Na cmentarzu jest pochowanych 411 żołnierzy amerykańskich, którzy polegli podczas I wojny światowej w trakcie trwania amerykańsko-francuskiej ofensywy w regionie Ypres-Lys. Wszyscy pochowani na cmentarzu żołnierze służyli w 91. Amerykańskiej Dywizji Piechoty. (pl) |
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