On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Chemin des Dames battles, the General Council of the Aisne Department has decided to pay special tribute to the Senegalese “Tirailleurs” engaged in WW1.
This temporary exhibition presents the story of these men who came from French West Africa (a former French possession) to the cold and damp trenches of a far and foreign land in order to fight the war of the toubabs…the war of the white men. This exhibition is also the opportunity for you to discover the “Constellation de la douleur” memorial, sculpted by Christian Lapie, and set up in the surroundings of the Caverne du Dragon.