
World War I Tours American Monument (Tours, France)
N 47° 23.842 E 000° 41.327
31T E 325599 N 5251913
This beautiful fountain with gilded statue of an American Indian holding an eagle is a also the principal monument which commemorates the US citizens who served during World War I in Services of Supply of the American Expeditionary Forces.
Waymark Code: WME5Q7
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 04/07/2012
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This beautiful fountain with gilded statue of an American Indian holding an eagle is a also the principal monument which commemorates the US citizens who served during World War I in Services of Supply of the American Expeditionary Forces.
Gilded statue of an American Indian holding an eagle, the symbols of America, on a octagonal column, standing in the center of a round basin. Around the column are four reliefs depicting allegorical figures representing the four principal divisions of the SOS (Services of Supply) organization: construction, distribution, procurement, administration and in the lower part eight coats of arms of French cities where important installations of the SOS were located: Tours, Brest, Saint-Nazaire, Le Mans, Is-sur-Tille, Nevers, Neufchateau, and Bordeaux.
"Erected by the United States of America in grateful recognition of the achievements of the services
of Supply American Expeditionary Forces 1917-1918"
A.D. 1932
American Battle Monuments Commission
Arthur Loomis Harmon, architect