Sunday, June 28, 2026 · america_250

America 250 · The Great War — June 28 anniversary

5 questions · 1000 points possible. Below are the prompts, hints, and target locations from this pack.

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. Today's pack walks the American side of WWI — from training camps to the fields where doughboys fought, and one inscribed monument back home.

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01
Drop a pin on the French wheat field where the U.S. Marines stopped the German advance toward Paris in June 1918 — 'Retreat? Hell, we just got here.'
● D 82 — Belleau, Hauts-de-France, France
Did you know?
The Marines suffered 1,811 dead in three weeks of fighting. The Germans called them 'Teufelshunde' — devil dogs — a nickname the Corps adopted with pride.
Target
49.0709°, 3.2860°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
02
Drop a pin on the French region where the largest American offensive of WWI was fought from September to November 1918 — 1.2 million U.S. soldiers engaged.
● D 913 — Bras-sur-Meuse, Grand Est, France
Did you know?
Over 26,000 Americans died in the 47-day offensive — the deadliest single battle in U.S. military history by death count, exceeding Antietam, Normandy, and Iwo Jima.
Target
49.2167°, 5.3833°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
03
Drop a pin on the Kansas City monument and museum dedicated to the soldiers who fought in WWI — the only American museum focused exclusively on that war.
● Memorial Courtyard — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Did you know?
The Liberty Memorial tower opened in 1926, paid for largely by Kansas City citizens who raised $2.5M in just ten days in 1919.
Target
39.0810°, -94.5859°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
04
Drop a pin on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — the white marble sarcophagus over a WWI soldier brought home from France in 1921.
● Middle Terrace — Arlington, Virginia, United States
Did you know?
The tomb has been guarded continuously, 24 hours a day, since 1937. The sentinel walks 21 steps, faces east, then west, and repeats — the 21 a salute to the highest military honor.
Target
38.8769°, -77.0731°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts
05
Drop a pin on the farm of Sgt. Alvin York — a conscientious objector turned Medal of Honor recipient for an attack that captured 132 Germans in October 1918.
● Darrow Ridge Road — Tennessee, United States
Did you know?
York's autobiography sold over a million copies; the 1941 Gary Cooper film 'Sergeant York' won Cooper an Oscar and used dialect coaches to capture York's Tennessee speech.
Target
36.4503°, -84.8261°
Cap
932 mi
Weight
200 pts

America 250 · The Great War — June 28 anniversary

Drop a pin on the French wheat field where the U.S. Marines stopped the German advance toward Paris in June 1918 — 'Retreat? Hell, we just got here.'

Drop a pin on the French region where the largest American offensive of WWI was fought from September to November 1918 — 1.2 million U.S. soldiers engaged.

Drop a pin on the Kansas City monument and museum dedicated to the soldiers who fought in WWI — the only American museum focused exclusively on that war.

Drop a pin on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — the white marble sarcophagus over a WWI soldier brought home from France in 1921.

Drop a pin on the farm of Sgt. Alvin York — a conscientious objector turned Medal of Honor recipient for an attack that captured 132 Germans in October 1918.