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Monument Attractions In Wallonia

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Wallonia is a region of Belgium. As the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking, and accounts for 55% of the territory of Belgium, and a third of its population. The Walloon Region was not merged with the French Community of Belgium which is the political entity that is responsible for matters related mainly to culture and education; the French Community of Belgium therefore encompasses both Wallonia and the majority French-Speaking Brussels-Capital Region. The German-speaking minority in the east of Wallonia results from WWI and the subsequent annexation of three cantons which were initially part of the former German emp...
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Monument Attractions In Wallonia

  • 1. Mardasson Memorial Bastogne
    The Mardasson Memorial is a monument honoring the memory of American soldiers wounded or killed during World War II's Battle of the Bulge. Designed in the shape of a five-pointed American star, it is located near Bastogne in the Luxembourg province of Belgium. The first step toward the memorial was undertaken on July 4, 1946, with the presentation of some earth from the site to U.S. President Harry Truman. Dedication was on July 16, 1950.
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  • 2. McAuliffe Square Bastogne
    General Anthony Clement Nuts McAuliffe was a senior United States Army officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division troops defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. After the battle, McAuliffe was promoted and given command of the 103rd Infantry Division, which he led from January 1945 to July 1945. In the post-war era, he was commander of U.S. Army in Europe.
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  • 3. Malmedy Massacre Memorial Malmedy
    The Malmedy massacre was a war crime in which 84 American prisoners of war were killed by their German captors near Malmedy, Belgium, during World War II. The massacre was committed on December 17, 1944, at Baugnez crossroads, by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper , a German combat unit, during the Battle of the Bulge. The term also applies generally to the series of massacres committed by the same unit on the same day and following days, which were the subject of the Malmedy massacre trial, part of the Dachau Trials of 1946. The trials were the focus of some controversy.
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  • 4. Central Square Tournai
    Brussels Central Station is a metro and railway station in central Brussels, Belgium. It is the second busiest railway station in Belgium and one of three principal railway stations in Brussels, together with Brussels-South and Brussels-North . First completed in 1952 after protracted delays caused by economic difficulties and war, it is the newest of Brussels' main rail hubs.
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  • 5. Adolphe Sax Statue Dinant
    Mr Sax's House is a museum in Dinant in the Belgian province of Namur. It is dedicated to Adolphe Sax . Sax was a builder of musical instruments and is foremost remembered for his invention of the saxophone.
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  • 10. General George S. Patton Memorial Bastogne
    George Smith Patton Jr. was a General of the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany following the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885 to a family with an extensive military background that spanned both the United States and Confederate States armies, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known as the Patton Sword, and was sufficiently skilled in the sport of modern pentathlon to compete in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Patton first saw combat during the Pancho Villa Expedition in 1916, taking part in America's first military...
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  • 13. Saint Luke Painting the Virgin Tournai
    Master of the legend of St. Barbara , was an Early Netherlandish painter.
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