World War I Tours American Monument (Tours, France) - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

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.

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"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

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1932 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: American Battle Monuments Comission Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Avenue André Malraux Tours, Centre France 37000 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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