Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery
Marnes-la-Coquette, France
Getting There
The Montfaucon Monument is located next to the small village of Montfaucon-en-Argonne in the Meuse region of Northeast France. The monument is about 20 miles northwest of the city of Verdun. As an alternate to GPS coordinates, a user can input the town center of Montfaucon-en-Argonne and follow the road signs to the site.
Admission and Hours
Business Hours
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9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
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Open Monday to Friday, except on American and French holidays.
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Admission is FREE and does not require booking in advance.
Address and Additional Information
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Montfaucon d'Argonne, France
Travel by car from Paris is approximately 145 miles via toll highway A-4 and takes about 3 hours. Those coming from Paris should use exit 29.1 near the village of Clermont-en-Argonne and then travel north via the small town of Varennes-en-Argonne. Once there, follow the American Monument signs to the cemetery. Be sure to take note of the American Cemetery signs which direct traffic to a different location: the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery near the town of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon. The monument is about six miles south of the cemetery. If driving from Verdun travel North towards the village of Consenvoye and follow the signs for American Monument.
Non-stop bullet train (TGV) service from the Gare de l’Est train station in Paris to the Meuse-TGV train station near Verdun is available and takes about an hour. A shuttle bus takes you from the train station to Verdun.
Paris is approximately 145 miles from the monument.
Public transportation to the monument is not available.
Hotels are available in Verdun.
Before You Visit
- ABMC and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 1921-2021
- ABMC Commemorative Sites Booklet
- ABMC Sites commémoratifs
- American Armies and Battlefields in Europe: World War l Blue Book
- Driving Routes of Interest – Meuse Argonne American Cemetery to the South, Montfaucon Monument, Hindenburg Line.
- Driving Routes of Interest – Meuse Argonne American Cemetery to the Southwest – “Rainbow” Division, Sergeant York, Butte de Vauquois, Pennsylvania Monument
- Montfaucon American Monument Brochure
- World War I Battlefield Companion
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