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Here are photos of the scenery, what we can see from this vantage point. 

In the distance we can see the heart of Meuse, a lake we call Lac de Madine. 

You have to imagine. This green everywhere, these fields, forests and the lake weren’t here at all in 1918. You must imagine a scenery with destroyed trees, and holes everywhere from the bombshells. Either during WWI or WWII. 

In the center of the monument you can see this map. It represents the battlefield near the city called Verdun, and the “Saillant de Saint Mihiel”. From this vantage point you can see far away. And of course you are seeing what was a battlefield.

And finally, two texts in stone, which are the same texts, but one is in french and the other in English. Let me re write what’s written in French. 

“Ce monument a été érigé par les Etats Unis d’Amérique 

Pour commémorer la Réduction du Saillant de Saint Mihiel par les troupes de leurs premières armées, et rappeler les services des forces expéditionnaires Américains sur les champs de bataille de cette région de Lorraine et d’Alsace.

Il restera le symbole perpétuel de l’amitié et de la coopération des armées Françaises et Américaines.”

An anecdote about this place. During WWII, and the liberation of France, US soldiers where stuck where the monument stands. And they were the target of both allies and enemie’s bombshells. Not because they did anything, but both camps wanted to send bombshells in reliatation for the other’s attack. 

So they were stuck here and had to survive under the rain of bombs from both camps. They had to send a pigeon to thell their allies to stop and let them come back damnit x). 

This place is in the countryside. Lorraine is a mainly rural region, and the culinary specialties of this area is whatever is done with mirabelle plum. From the pie to the liqueur. 

We love making liqueur of any fruits here. We don’t produce vodka, but it’s as strong xD.