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Douaumont

(Encyclopedia)Douaumont do͞o-ōmôNˈ [key], village, Meuse dept., NE France. It was part of the Verdun battlefield in World War I, and its cemetery, now a national memorial, contains the graves of 300,000 unident...

Andersonville

(Encyclopedia)Andersonville, village (2020 pop. 215), SW Ga., near Americus; inc. 1881. In Andersonville Prison, officially known as Camp Sumter, tens of thousands of Union soldiers were confined during...

De Soto National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)De Soto National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Father Marquette National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Father Marquette National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Federal Hall National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Federal Hall National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Hamilton Grange National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Hamilton Grange National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

George Washington Memorial Parkway

(Encyclopedia)George Washington Memorial Parkway: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

General Grant National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)General Grant National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fort Clatsop National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Fort Clatsop National Memorial, now part of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. See National Parks and Monuments (table) ...