Menin Road South Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Menin Road South Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Menin Road South Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres, on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war. The cemetery lies to one side of the infamous Menin Road. The road ran from Ypres to the front line at a point which effectively remained
All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors "Justice" and the six black soldiers and sailors, faces the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the busy traffic circle; but its reverse, with the four white goddesses, faces the Franklin Institute and the 20th Street sidewalk, and is much more likely to be viewed by pedestrians and motorists. Unfortunately, like the colossal statue of "William Penn" atop Philadelphia City Hall, the monument faces northeast, leaving the figures of "Justice" and the black servicemen in shadow for much of the day. All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors is a war memorial in