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Argonne Cross Memorial, the Glossary

The Argonne Cross Memorial is a memorial to American military personnel who died fighting in France during World War I. It was erected on November 13, 1923, and stands in Section 18 of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States.^[1]

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1923 establishments in Virginia
1923 sculptures
Arlington National Cemetery
Forest of Argonne

American Expeditionary Forces

The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was a formation of the United States Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War I, composed mostly of units from the U.S. Army.

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Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army. Argonne Cross Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery are Monuments and memorials in Virginia.

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Armenian Americans

Armenian Americans (translit) are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or partial Armenian ancestry.

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Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church (translit) is the national church of Armenia.

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Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.;; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.

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Certiorari

In law, certiorari is a court process to seek judicial review of a decision of a lower court or government agency.

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Charles Brent

Charles Henry Brent (April 9, 1862 – March 27, 1929) was the Episcopal Church's first Missionary Bishop of the Philippine Islands (1902–1918); Chaplain General of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I (1917–1918); and Bishop of the Episcopal Church's Diocese of Western New York (1918–1929).

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Christian cross

The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the crucifixion of Jesus on a large wooden cross, is a symbol of Christianity.

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Constitution of the United States

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States.

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Daughters of the American Revolution

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in supporting the American Revolutionary War.

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Dictum

In legal writing, a dictum (Latin 'something that has been said'; plural dicta) is a statement made by a court.

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Episcopal Diocese of Western New York

The Episcopal Diocese of Western New York, is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming in western New York.

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Establishment Clause

In United States law, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, together with that Amendment's Free Exercise Clause, form the constitutional right of freedom of religion.

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First Lady of the United States

First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office.

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Forest of Argonne

The Forest of Argonne is a long strip of mountainous and wild woodland in northeastern France, approximately east of Paris.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Frank Stearns

Frank Waterman Stearns (November 8, 1856, Boston – 1939) was an American businessman whose father, Richard H. Stearns had founded the R. H. Stearns department store and company in Boston.

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Gettysburg National Military Park

The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Grace Coolidge

Grace Anna Coolidge (née Goodhue; January 3, 1879 – July 8, 1957) was the wife of the 30th president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge.

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James W. Wadsworth Jr.

James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican from New York.

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John W. Weeks

John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts.

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Lawn

A lawn is an area of soil-covered land planted with grasses and other durable plants such as clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawn mower (or sometimes grazing animals) and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes—it is also commonly referred to as part of a garden.

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Magnolia grandiflora

Magnolia grandiflora, commonly known as the southern magnolia or bull bay, is a tree of the family Magnoliaceae native to the Southeastern United States, from Virginia to central Florida, and west to East Texas.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have crystallized under the influence of heat and pressure.

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Memorial

A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event.

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Meuse–Argonne offensive

The Meuse–Argonne offensive (also known as the Meuse River–Argonne Forest offensive, the Battles of the Meuse–Argonne, and the Meuse–Argonne campaign) was a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire Western Front.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonne_Cross_Memorial

Argonne Cross Memorial, the Glossary

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1923 establishments in Virginia

1923 sculptures

Arlington National Cemetery

Forest of Argonne

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