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A (Huey P.) Long Story: Sam Houston Jones Parkway: LA Highway 378 through Moss Bluff, Louisiana
Louisiana Memorial Highway 18 is named the Sam Houston Jones Parkway. The horizontal portion of Louisiana Highway 378 (LA 378) located in northeast Calcasieu Parish is dedicated in Sam Houston Jones’s…
Belleau Wood Monument: “Retreat, hell we just got here!” ~Capt. Lloyd W. Williams
A black stone memorial accompanied by an American flagpole commemorates the U.S. Marines who fell in Belleau Woods.
Chateau Thierry Monument: "Come on ya sons of bitches, ya want to live forever?" ~Sgt. Dan Daley
A majestic terrace watches over the sector that changed the enemy's perception of the American Army's strategic competence.
Cantigny American Monument: "This was our first offensive, which had been ordered primarily for the purpose of its effect on the morale of the English and French armies." ~ Lt. Col. George C. Marshall
As the first American action in the Great War, the victory at Cantigny provided a boost in moral for the Allied troops that spurred the Allies to victory.
Montsec American Monument: “Don’t sweat over ’em Colonel. If they’re gonna get you, they’re gonna get you,” General Douglas MacArthur
An American monument to those who fell during the second most fatal battle in American history.
Aisne-Marne Cemetery and Memorial: "I never saw men charge to their death with finer spirit." ~Floyd Gibbons
A serene cemetery dotted with white crosses and Stars of David and a white chapel commemorate the loss of American soldiers who fell during the Aisne-Marne operation.