Fast forwarding back to WW1-Varennes-en-Argonne was later left in ruins after WW1. There is a memorial there built by the State of Pennsylvania honoring those Pennsylvanian volunteers serving during WW1.
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Varennes-en-Argonne
A short detour to the French Revolution. We stopped where Louis XVI was captured while trying to flee to Austrian controlled Belgium. He had been recognized the night before by a shopkeeper in Sainte-Menehould, who recognized the King's face from the coins. The king should have kept a lower profile.
Fast forwarding back to WW1-Varennes-en-Argonne was later left in ruins after WW1. There is a memorial there built by the State of Pennsylvania honoring those Pennsylvanian volunteers serving during WW1.
Fast forwarding back to WW1-Varennes-en-Argonne was later left in ruins after WW1. There is a memorial there built by the State of Pennsylvania honoring those Pennsylvanian volunteers serving during WW1.
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