Arlington Cemetery once held soil from the WWI battlefields of France

From 1929 to 1938, Arlington National Cemetery was home to a memorial honoring Americans killed in World War I designed by French sculptor Gaston Deblaize. It contained soil from the battlefields of France. I am reaching out to you regarding the seven World War I sacred soil stones, six in France and one in the United States. A friend from my hometown in Vendée, France, was on vacation in Corsica and ran into one there. She sent me a photo.

Deblaize would eventually create similar reliquaries around France, six in all. Inside of them is soil from such locations as Alsace, Champagne, the Somme and Yser. The memorial in Arlington was the first to go up, but it was also the first to come down. An apparent flaw in the concrete led to severe erosion of the monument and it was removed from display in 1938. The cemetery confirmed that there is not a plaque noting its former presence.Section 18 is the final resting place for many Americans who died in the war to end all wars. That part of Arlington is also home to the, which commemorates the 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

The white marble cross that stands in Section 18 is actually the second. According to Arlington’s website, the first, dedicated in 1923, was accidentally destroyed in 1981. The replacement dates from June 1982.

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