Belgian architect designed a tall monument in the shape of a five-pointed American star with sides surrounding a wide atrium. The inner walls are covered with ten passages carved in stone commemorating the battle, and the parapet bears the names of the 50 U.S. States. Insignia of most participating battalions are shown on the walls, representing the 76,890 killed and wounded during the thwarted December 1944–January 1945 German Watch on the Rhine offensive, known in English by the colloquial "Battle of the Bulge".