2-642: Fère-en-Tardenois ( French pronunciation: [fɛʁ ɑ̃ taʁdənwa] , literally Fère in Tardenois ) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France . It is named for the Tardenois region. It was the birthplace of Camille Claudel (1864–1943), sculptor and graphic artist. The Château de Fère-en-Tardenois dates originally from 1206, with later important Renaissance alterations. The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial
4-463: Is one and a half miles east of Fère-en-Tardenois. It contains the graves of 6,012 American soldiers who died while fighting in this vicinity during World War I including the poet, Joyce Kilmer and, until 1987, Eddie Slovik , a deserter and the first American soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War . This Château-Thierry arrondissement geographical article
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