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As soon as the Chalons camp opened in 1857, the regiments put up flagpoles
monuments on the color-lines that bordered their billets, and these gave an
important place to sculpture. From year to year, covered with little gardens
lovingly cared for by the troops, the color-lines took on the look of an
open-air gallery for military sculpture and all of the visitors were struck by
these unexpected examples of "fine art" in a place dedicated to the art of
war.
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