On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Ainse-Marne American Cemetery adjoins the site of the Battle of Belleau Woods. In this early engagement for US troops in France, US troops stopped a sudden German advance along the Marne River. In this battle (June 1-26, 1918), U.S. Marine . . . — — Map (db m293991) HM
On Pershing Drive at Warlow Street, on the left when traveling north on Pershing Drive.
Dr. Nathaniel Harris built the house now known as the Pershing Boyhood Home in 1858. It is approximately 3,800 square feet and is of Rural Gothic gingerbread, Victorian-era styling. The foundation is native limestone and the exterior walls are . . . — — Map (db m292695) HM
On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
Brookwood American Cemetery honors the American sailors and civilians lost at sea and those who died in England away from the battlefields. When the U.S. entered World War I in April 1917, the Navy took command of the U.S. Coast Guard for the . . . — — Map (db m293995) HM
Truss Structures
Kingpost
The kingpost was the first and simplest truss structure used in America. Its basic idea consists of a center post, the kingpost, with compression beams slanting downward and outward toward each shore. The . . . — — Map (db m67182) HM
On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
General Pershing dedicated much of his postwar efforts memorializing those who served and sacrificed in the Great War. It is in that spirit that we honor his commitment to duty completing the “last detail.” While approximately 35,000 American . . . — — Map (db m293999) HM
On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
Flanders Field is one of the best known of the American cemeteries due to John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” written in 1916. In Flanders Fields by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row . . . — — Map (db m293996) HM
On Pershing Drive at Worlow Street, on the left when traveling north on Pershing Drive.
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the
United States of America — — Map (db m67051) HM
On Pershing Drive north of Worlow Street, on the left when traveling north.
General of the Armies of
the United States 1914-1924
In 1917 General Pershing organized in Europe the 2,000,000 men of the American Expeditionary Force and led them to Allied victory in November 1918
Born in Laclede, Missouri, General . . . — — Map (db m67050) HM WM
Laclede is distinguished as the boyhood home of John Joseph Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I. He was born near Laclede in Linn County, Sept. 13, 1860. At the time, his parents, John Fletcher and . . . — — Map (db m67004) HM
On Pershing Drive at Vernon Street, on the right when traveling south on Pershing Drive.
Birthplace and boyhood home of General John J. Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in the World War. — — Map (db m67052) HM
On Pershing Drive north of Front Street, on the left when traveling north.
Laclede, Mo. was established in 1853. Conveniently located with access from the railroads, Laclede was at one time quite a prosperous town. general stores, banks, factory work, appliance retail, implement dealerships, upholstery, beauticians, . . . — — Map (db m67078) HM
Water is the lifeblood of natural wetlands. The life of the wetlands at Pershing State Park depends upon Locust Creek, which flows under this bridge. Think of the water in this creek as the blood in your body's own circulatory system. Just as in . . . — — Map (db m288493) HM
Though its present setting suggests otherwise, this bridge was part of "Route 8," the first transcontinental highway in the United States and the primary east-west artery in Linn County. Prior to that designation, "Route 8" played an important . . . — — Map (db m67180) HM
On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Meuse-Argonne battle was the largest single battle American forces ever fought. Over 1.2 million American soldiers fought alongside French and British soldiers for 47 days. The battle culminated in the war’s armistice on Nov. 11, 1918. Over . . . — — Map (db m293997) HM
On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
Most of the troops buried in the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery lost their lives fighting in eastern France in 1918. The United States Army practiced segregation during World War I. African American troops generally performed non-combat duties . . . — — Map (db m293994) HM
On Ellen Road west of Missouri Route 130, on the left when traveling south.
Welcome to Pershing State Park. This state park commemorates a significant figure in U.S. military history and preserves an important remnant of our natural history.
The park was acquired in 1937 as a tribute to Gen. John J. Pershing, leader . . . — — Map (db m288494) HM
On Pershing Drive at Prairie Street, on the left when traveling north on Pershing Drive.
Built in 1874 and located nine miles south of Laclede, Prairie Mound School served as a rural one-room schoolhouse. It is where young John Pershing moved out of his boyhood home and into the world. He taught there before and after receiving his . . . — — Map (db m292683) HM
On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Saint-Mihiel offensive was the first and only American offensive completely planned and executed by General Pershing and the American Expeditionary Force. The American objective was to break through the German lines and capture the rail city of . . . — — Map (db m293992) HM
On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
General Pershing sent American troops into the trenches alongside French and British allies to halt the German advance on Paris in April 1918. For months, the allied forces had dealt with thick mud, crushing heat, and foul odors. Farmers in the . . . — — Map (db m293993) HM
On Pershing Drive just north of Worlow Street, on the left when traveling north.
This statue is a bronze, 10-foot tall heroic-scale image of Gen. John J. Pershing in full dress uniform, clutching a pair of gloves in his left hand. Carl Mose of St. Louis sculpted it and in 1957, Roman Bronze Works of Corona, New York, cast the . . . — — Map (db m292692) HM
On Prairie Street just west of Olive Street, on the right when traveling west.
Many soldiers buried in the Suresnes American Cemetery died from battle wounds in nearby hospitals. The outbreak of World War I in 1914 entangled most of Europe. Though the US government declared neutrality, American businesses and banks . . . — — Map (db m293998) HM
Near Olive Street just south of Ausmus Street, on the left when traveling north.
Sergeant Edward Younger was initially told that he had been picked to be one of the six pallbearers for unknowns of the A.E.F. On October 24, 1921 at City Hall in Châlons-en-Champagne in a makeshift chapel, four flag draped caskets (each with an . . . — — Map (db m292688) HM
On Grove Street (Missouri Route 5) at Cole Street, on the right when traveling north on Grove Street.
They Gave Their Lives in the
Cause of All Freedoms
George M. Gooch
April 23, 1919
Elc. M 3/C, U.S.S. Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
Harold Lloyd Head
October 10, 1921
S. 2/C, U.S.S. Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor . . . — — Map (db m67081) WM
