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The Evening Missourian
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
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France honors American soldiers who died in battle by establishing memorials, including the first major one: a hospital in Reims overlooking 15,000 roofless houses and the battered cathedral, funded by $100,000 from an American organization, French government land, and individual endowments for memorial beds.
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All over the country the memorials for our soldiers, who gave their lives in battle that we might have freedom are being established in practical and sensible form.
The first great memorial in France for America's dead will be a hospital. It will stand overlooking the 15,000 roofless houses in Rheims and overshadowed by the battered cathedral.
The sum of $100,000 has been guaranteed by an American organization. The French government will deed the ground. What remains to be raised is the endowment fund. This will be achieved by perpetual endowment of memorial beds by individuals.
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Rheims, France
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Memorials for American soldiers who died in battle are being established across the country. The first great memorial in France is a hospital overlooking 15,000 roofless houses in Rheims and the battered cathedral, with $100,000 guaranteed by an American organization, ground deeded by the French government, and an endowment fund raised through perpetual memorial beds by individuals.