WW1 US MARINE CORPS / US ARMY AISNE-MARNE AMERICAN CEMETERY PHOTO POSTCARD c1925

Description: ORIGINAL! WW1 US MARINE CORPS / US ARMY AISNE-MARNE AMERICAN CEMETERY PHOTO POSTCARD c1925 WW1 US MARINE CORPS / US ARMY - AISNE-MARNE AMERICAN CEMETERY. PHOTO POSTCARD c1925. Following World War I, Congress recognized the need for federal control over the commemoration of American armed forces overseas. On March 4, 1923, President Warren Harding signed legislation that established the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and made the new agency responsible for the construction of monuments honoring the American Expeditionary Forces. Soon after, Congress directed ABMC to construct memorial chapels in the eight permanent military cemeteries in Europe, which were at the time maintained by the War Department. ABMC’s World War I commemorative program consisted of four major engineering programs: Erecting a non-sectarian chapel in each of the eight military cemeteries on foreign soil established by the War Department to inter the dead of that war; Landscaping each of the cemeteries and installing permanent headstones; Erecting 11 separate monuments and two markers elsewhere in Europe to commemorate significant campaigns and engagements; and Constructing the Allied Expeditionary Forces World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C. HAND CAPTIONED IN THE LOWER FRONT NEGATIVE: AISNE-MARNE AMERICAN CEMETRY BELLEAU AISNE PHOTOGRAPHER: CHILJIAN PRINTED ON THE REVERSE: FARBICATION FRANÇAISE VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. SEPIA. POSTALLY USED. CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH THE PERIOD HAND INITIALS " RBM " ON THE REVERSE AND SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 99+ YEARS. (please see pictures) THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.

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