Event

The Lost Battalion

National Mall and Memorial Parks

Fee:

Free.

Location:

WWI Memorial (near the Pershing statue inside the WWI Memorial)

Dates & Times

Date:

Friday, October 20, 2023

Time:

2:00 PM, 4:00 PM

Duration:

30 minutes

Type of Event

Talk

Description

As the fighting continued in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign in October of 1918, 554 American soldiers from New York were surrounded by German soldiers. For six days these Americans had to find a way to get back to their lines. Join a ranger to discover this remarkable story of the "Lost Battalion" of World War I.

Reservation or Registration: No


Contact Information

Ranger Paul O'Brian
(202) 438-7066