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Monument Historique Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau situé à Belleau

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Adresse renseignée dans la base Mérimée :
02400 Belleau - France

Code Insee de la commune : 02062
Aisne [02] - Laon - Picardie (Hauts-de-France)

Adresse approximative issue des coordonnées GPS (latitude et longitude) :
32a Rue des Chevaliers Colombs 02400 Belleau

Eléments protégés :
En totalité, le mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau (Aisne) comprenant les éléments bâtis suivants : chapelle en totalité avec son emmarchement, mur de soutènement à l'arrière de la chapelle, les façades et toitures des maisons du gardin et des visiteurs, l'ancien relais de chasse dans le bois, les murs de clôture et le portail donnant accès au mémorial, à l'exception des locaux techniques et réservoirs d'eau contemporains, figurant au cadastre de Belleau section B, parcelles 287, 288, 290, 291, 293 à 295, 297, à 301, 576, 577 et 579 à 582, suivant le plan annexé à l'arrêté : inscription par arrêté du 28 mars 2017

Description :
Le site du cimetière américain et du mémorial dit Aisne-Marne se situe au pied de la colline sur laquelle s'étend le Bois Belleau qui couvre une superficie de 81 ha environ. Le mémorial et le cimetière représentent environ 21 ha et sont établis au lieu même où sont morts les soldats américains qui se sont battus au Bois Belleau en juin 1918. L'ensemble (mémorial, cimetière et bois) sont la propriété de l'Etat français et sont gérés par l'American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC).

Historique :
Créé en 1918, le cimetière temporaire est maintenu à cet emplacement suite à l'autorisation qui en est donnée en 1921 par le congrès américain. Il devient l'un des huit cimetières permanents américains de la Première Guerre mondiale hors sol américain. L'édifice daté de 1930 est dû à l'architecte Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942) associé au dessinateur Frank Ferguson. Le projet est de style néo-roman. La sculpture a été réalisée par Alfred-Alphonse Bottiau.

Périodes de construction :
XXe siècle

Architecte ou maître d'oeuvre :
Cram Ralph Adams (architecte), Bottiau Alfred-Alphonse (scupteur)

Propriété de l'État

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Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery is the final resting place to more than 2,000 Americans that gave their lives in World War I. Headstones and two flagpoles dot the landscape in front of the chapel.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery is the final resting place to more than 2,000 Americans that gave their lives in World War I. Headstones and two flagpoles dot the landscape in front of the chapel.

Crédit : Warrick Page
2015-02-13
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - Français : Monument et cimetière américain du bois de Belleau, Belleau, France.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

Français : Monument et cimetière américain du bois de Belleau, Belleau, France.

Crédit : Johann "nojhan" Dréo
2007-04-06
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau -
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

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Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore

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Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore

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Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore

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Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore

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Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

Scope and content: Photographer: Captain Moore

Crédit : Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - Lot 6591-7: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, located about 6 miles northwest of Chateau-Theirry, and is the burial place of some 2,200 American soldiers, most of whom lost their lives in the vicinity of Belleau Wood and Chateau-Thierry in the Marne salient during operations of June and early July which resulted in the stopping of German advance toward Paris. Shown: Belleau Cemetery from Entrance Gate. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection-Photograph Album presented by General John J. Pershing, USA (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission. The photographs in the collection were taken in 1923 to show the memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/10/09).
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

Lot 6591-7: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, located about 6 miles northwest of Chateau-Theirry, and is the burial place of some 2,200 American soldiers, most of whom lost their lives in the vicinity of Belleau Wood and Chateau-Thierry in the Marne salient during operations of June and early July which resulted in the stopping of German advance toward Paris. Shown: Belleau Cemetery from Entrance Gate. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection-Photograph Album presented by General John J. Pershing, USA (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission. The photographs in the collection were taken in 1923 to show the memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/10/09).

Crédit : National Museum of the U.S. Navy
2015-10-09
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - Lot 6591-8: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, located about 6 miles northwest of Chateau-Theirry, and is the burial place of some 2,200 American soldiers, most of whom lost their lives in the vicinity of Belleau Wood and Chateau-Thierry in the Marne salient during operations of June and early July which resulted in the stopping of German advance toward Paris. Shown: Chapel-Belleau Cemetery. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection-Photograph Album presented by General John J. Pershing, USA (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission. The photographs in the collection were taken in 1923 to show the memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/10/09).
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

Lot 6591-8: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, located about 6 miles northwest of Chateau-Theirry, and is the burial place of some 2,200 American soldiers, most of whom lost their lives in the vicinity of Belleau Wood and Chateau-Thierry in the Marne salient during operations of June and early July which resulted in the stopping of German advance toward Paris. Shown: Chapel-Belleau Cemetery. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection-Photograph Album presented by General John J. Pershing, USA (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission. The photographs in the collection were taken in 1923 to show the memorials erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/10/09).

Crédit : National Museum of the U.S. Navy
2015-10-09
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: American Battle Monument and cemetery of Belleau Wood, Belleau, France.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: American Battle Monument and cemetery of Belleau Wood, Belleau, France.

Crédit : Johann "nojhan" Dréo
2007-04-06
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: American Battle Monument and cemetery of Belleau Wood, Belleau, France.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: American Battle Monument and cemetery of Belleau Wood, Belleau, France.

Crédit : Johann "nojhan" Dréo
2007-04-06
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: Alpha Detachment, 1st Space Company (JTAGS-Europe) stands in front of the Belleau Wood memorial near Paris, France. The memorial commemorates a WWI Battle between U.S., British and French allied forces against Germany.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: Alpha Detachment, 1st Space Company (JTAGS-Europe) stands in front of the Belleau Wood memorial near Paris, France. The memorial commemorates a WWI Battle between U.S., British and French allied forces against Germany.

Crédit : 1st Space Company (JTAGS)
2009-09-25
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 visited Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial and Belleau Wood in Belleau, Aisne, France during a port visit to France, June 10. The Checkerboards left the Air Station on a deployment in support of Theater Security Cooperation and Maritime Security Operations, and they moored into Marseilles, France while aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Moore)
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 visited Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial and Belleau Wood in Belleau, Aisne, France during a port visit to France, June 10. The Checkerboards left the Air Station on a deployment in support of Theater Security Cooperation and Maritime Security Operations, and they moored into Marseilles, France while aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Moore)

Crédit : Lance Cpl. Kelvin Clark
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: White marble headstones mark the graves at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial near the village of Belleau, Aisne, France, June 18, 2011. DOD photo by Terry Mitchell
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: White marble headstones mark the graves at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial near the village of Belleau, Aisne, France, June 18, 2011. DOD photo by Terry Mitchell

Crédit : English: Terry Mitchell
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: A French veteran prepares for a wreath laying ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial near the village of Belleau, Aisne, France, June 18, 2011. DOD photo by Terry Mitchell
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: A French veteran prepares for a wreath laying ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial near the village of Belleau, Aisne, France, June 18, 2011. DOD photo by Terry Mitchell

Crédit : English: Terry Mitchell
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: Marines from Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Henderson Hall and Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., stand at attention during the evening colors ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France, May 25, 2016. Marines lowered the two American flags at the cemetery as the Navy Hymn, Eternal Father Strong to Save played from the cemetery chapel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Karnath/Released) Unit: Defense Media Activity - Marines
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: Marines from Headquarters and Service Battalion, Headquarters Marine Corps, Henderson Hall and Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., stand at attention during the evening colors ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France, May 25, 2016. Marines lowered the two American flags at the cemetery as the Navy Hymn, Eternal Father Strong to Save played from the cemetery chapel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Karnath/Released) Unit: Defense Media Activity - Marines

Crédit : Sgt. Melissa Karnath
2016-05-26
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings: Here we see a machine gun crew in action.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings: Here we see a machine gun crew in action.

Crédit : Weglinde
2010-09-26
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings: Here we see artillery observers in action.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings: Here we see artillery observers in action.

Crédit : Weglinde
2010-09-26
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings.

Crédit : Weglinde
2010-09-26
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings.

Crédit : Weglinde Gordon Lawson (photograph); Alfred Bottai
2010-09-26
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings: Soldiers are seen here preparing for a bayonet charge.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings: Soldiers are seen here preparing for a bayonet charge.

Crédit : Weglinde
2010-09-26
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings: Soldiers are seen in the act of throwing grenades.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau carried out several carvings on the capitals of the columns on each side of the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. These covered scenes from the trenches and this is a photograph of one of those carvings: Soldiers are seen in the act of throwing grenades.

Crédit : Weglinde
2010-09-26
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau’s relief in the tympanum above the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. In the centre of Bottiau’s composition is a crusader in armour, he being the defender of right and on either side of this crusader are the shields of the United States and France these being intertwined with branches of oak a symbol of the traditional unity of the two countries.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The French sculptor Alfred Bottiau’s relief in the tympanum above the entrance to the Memorial Chapel in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. In the centre of Bottiau’s composition is a crusader in armour, he being the defender of right and on either side of this crusader are the shields of the United States and France these being intertwined with branches of oak a symbol of the traditional unity of the two countries.

Crédit : Weglinde
2010-09-26
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: Many of the 2,300 U.S. service members buried at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near the French village of Belleau were U.S. Marines who perished in the early days of June 1918 in the woods and wheat fields near the site. The Battle of Belleau Wood marked an important victory for the Americans and remains a prominent part of Marine Corps history.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: Many of the 2,300 U.S. service members buried at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near the French village of Belleau were U.S. Marines who perished in the early days of June 1918 in the woods and wheat fields near the site. The Battle of Belleau Wood marked an important victory for the Americans and remains a prominent part of Marine Corps history.

Crédit : U.S. Civilian ABMC by [null Courtesy]
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: President Richard Nixon, year unknown, descends the chapel steps at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: President Richard Nixon, year unknown, descends the chapel steps at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France.

Crédit : U.S. Civilian ABMC by [null Courtesy]
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The chapel at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France underwent repairs in the wake of World War II to address damage inflicted during nearby fighting. This artillery hole near the entrance of the building was left, however, as an intentional reminder of what had happened during the war.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The chapel at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France underwent repairs in the wake of World War II to address damage inflicted during nearby fighting. This artillery hole near the entrance of the building was left, however, as an intentional reminder of what had happened during the war.

Crédit : U.S. Civilian ABMC by [null Courtesy]
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: President Richard Nixon, year unknown, walks among the headstones at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: President Richard Nixon, year unknown, walks among the headstones at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France.

Crédit : U.S. Civilian ABMC by [null Courtesy]
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The last World War I unknown burial prior to 2023 occurred at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in 1988 (Plot A, Row 13, Grave 91). The remains are believed to be those of a U.S. Marine, based on the force’s heavy combat participation in the area.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The last World War I unknown burial prior to 2023 occurred at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in 1988 (Plot A, Row 13, Grave 91). The remains are believed to be those of a U.S. Marine, based on the force’s heavy combat participation in the area.

Crédit : U.S. Civilian ABMC by [null Courtesy]
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: Walt Disney, accompanied by brother Roy Disney, visited Aisne-Marne American Cemetery during their 1935 European summer tour, as documented in the book “Disney’s Grand Tour.”
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: Walt Disney, accompanied by brother Roy Disney, visited Aisne-Marne American Cemetery during their 1935 European summer tour, as documented in the book “Disney’s Grand Tour.”

Crédit : U.S. Civilian ABMC by [null Courtesy]
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau - English: The chapel at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France lies at the edge of Belleau Wood, known for intense fighting and significant victory for American forces in 1918 during World War I.
Mémorial Américain du Bois Belleau à Belleau

English: The chapel at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France lies at the edge of Belleau Wood, known for intense fighting and significant victory for American forces in 1918 during World War I.

Crédit : U.S. Civilian ABMC by [null Courtesy]
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Crédit : Capt. William Carraway
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Crédit : G.Garitan
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Crédit : U.S. Army 2ID by Master Sgt. Vin Stevens
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Crédit : U.S. Army 2ID by Master Sgt. Vin Stevens
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Crédit : National Museum of the U.S. Navy
2015-10-09


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