American Battle Monuments Commission – World War One Sites

Routes of Interest - #1 American Cemetery to the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial – (Fr. Mémorial de l’Escadrille La Fayette)

Address: 5, Boulevard Raymond Poincaré

92380, Marnes-la-Coquette,

The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery is located in the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud (Park of Saint-Cloud). The gates to the park are controlled by the Domaine de Saint-Cloud and are generally open every day shortly after sunrise and closed by sundown. Visits to the crypt are scheduled through the Suresnes American Cemetery.

1. Leaving the American Cemetery turn right onto Boulevard Washington (D5).

2. Boulevard Washington becomes Boulevard Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny.

3. Proceed about one kilometer to the intersection of Rue de la Procession(D5).

4. Turn left.

5. Follow this street to into the first traffic circle.

6. Turn off the traffic circle right into Rue Louis Loucheur (D39), towards Boulogne /Billancourt/Saint-Cloud.

7. Follow this street to the intersection with Boulevard de la Republique (D985).

8. Turn right and keep to the right.

9. Go straight at the first traffic light.

10. Turn right at the next traffic light onto Rue du Camp Canadien (D180A) towards .

11. go straight at the next traffic light, it becomes Rue de la Porte Jaune (D180A).

12. Go to the 2nd stop light.

13. Bear left, still on Rue de la Porte Jaune, toward Centre Culturel.

14. Follow past the hedges to the end, at Rue Pasteur/Boulevard General de Gaulle (D907).

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15. Turn right toward Garches/Versailles.

16. Pass Avenue Joffre still going straight, toward Memorial de l’Escadrille La Fayette (LEMC).

17. You are now on Boulevard Raymond Poincaré (D907).

18. After the first traffic light you pass a gatehouse on your left.

19. The following gate on the left is the marked entry to the La Fayette Escadrille Memorial.

20. It is a white stone gateway with unit symbol medallions, of a Native American man.

21. There is street parking, or turn left through the LEMC gate, follow the road to the small parking area before the bridge.

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