Henri Gouraud (French Army Officer) - Legacy

Legacy

• Paris has a Place du Général-Gouraud in the 7th arrondissement.
• A commemorative statue to Général Gouraud stands in a garden next to Les Invalides.
• A massive Cedar tree near the town of Ifrane in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco was named for the General; the Gouraud Cedar is considered to be over 800 years old, and was "discovered" by Gouraud's troops during the French campaign against anti-colonial resistance on the Timahdite Plateau in the years 1917-19. Moreover, the Cèdre Gouraud Forest in the Middle Atlas Mountain Range is named for Gouraud; this forest is one of the few remaining habitats of the endangered Barbary Macaque.
• Rue Gouraud in the Achrafieh district of Beirut is named for the General.