I'm doing a study of military cemeteries, memorials and what I would otherwise refer to as "Military Cultural symbols," focusing on these things which now are in what might be considered 'hostile' lands. Examining how the local people interact with the physical legacy of past opponents, I think provides an insight into deeply seated societal impulses affect modern intercultural strife.
Just based on some superficial knowledge, Legion of Strangers ,by Mercer, I know the Legion expended a lot of effort on removing it's memorials from Sidi Bel Abbes, along with exhuming some of the prominent members from the cemetery, but did they exhume all the Legionnaires interred there?
Google Earth reveals the Legion Kaserne, with the obvious positioning of the memorial to the fallen, but I am stumped as to where the cemetery actually lies, (I suspect a rectangular enclosure about 7/10 of a mile south of the Quartier Vienot). Can anyone share some insight as to the location of the cemetery, and some informal history of how a deeply traditional organization left it's spiritual home?
Just based on some superficial knowledge, Legion of Strangers ,by Mercer, I know the Legion expended a lot of effort on removing it's memorials from Sidi Bel Abbes, along with exhuming some of the prominent members from the cemetery, but did they exhume all the Legionnaires interred there?
Google Earth reveals the Legion Kaserne, with the obvious positioning of the memorial to the fallen, but I am stumped as to where the cemetery actually lies, (I suspect a rectangular enclosure about 7/10 of a mile south of the Quartier Vienot). Can anyone share some insight as to the location of the cemetery, and some informal history of how a deeply traditional organization left it's spiritual home?