Douaumont, France

Creator

WKU Library Special Collections

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Creation Date

7-8-1958

Description

Postcard of Douaumont Ossuary, Meuse, France which was destroyed in the Battle of Verdun in World War I, from Ilee Smith's European scrapbook. She wrote "Tues. July 8 World War I cemetery. Probably 8 - 10 miles from main highway. Posters remind you not to get off the highway as the fields are still heavy mined.

A sight to be long remembered. The long house [Douamont Ossuary] was filled with unknown soldiers bones. The cemetery beautifully kept and roses growing on almost every grave.

Fields & fields of poppies - and a blue flower."