The "Pere Barnabe" memorial ("The Father Barnabas") of an old man leaning on a stick in Samogneux, Meuse, Lorraine, France.
"Samogneux, Meuse town 15 km north of Verdun, was destroyed during WWI. Born from the pen of Mr. Henry Fremont, writer, press and bookseller, a native of Verdun, "Father Barnabas," imaginary character, is the symbol of the war refugees Meuse 14-18. Or miracle story, "The Father Barnabas" is at the very origin of the reconstruction of Samogneux and particularly of public assets. An American, Miss Horace Gray of Boston, touched by reading the "Father Barnabas," asked Henry Fremont permission to translate and sell in the Copyright would go to rebuild the village of Samogneux through a foundation: the Work of French-American Raising Samogneux. And so it was done. This monument called "The Father Barnabas" was erected in 1930 at the foot of the old church. It represents a peasant Meuse on the site of his destroyed village, shot outside the scope of the disaster. It is constructed of cast reinforced concrete. It was funded, and the rebuilding of the village, through the generosity of Henry Fremont and Miss Gray essentially. " Google translation of
Size: 3624px × 2415px
Location: Samogneux, Meuse department, Lorraine, France
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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