Voie de la Liberté - km 1147
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Liberty Road (French La voie de la Liberté) is the commemorative way marking the route of the Allied forces from D-Day in 1944.
Waymark Code: WMX35K
Location: Luxembourg, Belgium
Date Posted: 11/20/2017
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Soon after the end of the Second World War, Mr Guy de la Vasselais, French liaison officer to George S. Patton, suggested the idea of erecting a monument to commemorate the Liberation of France by the American Armies: a monument that would symbolize the idea of Liberty. He proposed installation of a distinctive marker placed at each kilometre interval along the roads followed by General Patton’s Third United States Army.
Beginning at Utah Beach in Normandy and ending at Bastogne in Belgium, the Liberty Road goes through the cities of Saint Malo, Rennes, Angers, Le Mans, Chartres, Fontainebleau, Reims, Verdun and Metz, and then through the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Altogether the Monument consists of 1146 Milestones. The design of these Milestones is symbolic: The Flaming Torch of Liberty, emerging from the sea, is carried eastward. Along the circumference of the Milestone’s dome-shaped top, the 48 stars representing the (then) 48 United States which took part in the Liberation of France.
The “Liberty Highway” was officially opened on September 17, 1947 at Fontainebleau, by Mr Paul Ramadier, then President du Conseil, in the presence of Mr Jefferson Caffery, United States Ambassador to France and members of the American Legion. Many military and civilian dignitaries of the Allied Nations were also present at the ceremonies.
President Ronald Reagan, accompanied by many heads of State, visited the first borne in 1984 to mark the 40th anniversary of D-Day.
source: Wikipedia
Date of Dedication: 09/17/1947
Property Permission: Public
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark: Rue de Clervaux Bastogne, Lu Belgium
Commemoration: to commemorate the Liberation of France by the American Armies
Access instructions: Not listed
Access times: Not listed
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