Editing Battle of Marengo (section)

===Remembrance===
[[File:I-AL-Marengo3.JPG|thumb|The column at Marengo|alt=A five feet high column with an eagle on top]]
Napoleon sought to ensure that his victory would not be forgotten, so, besides the propaganda campaign, he entrusted General Chasseloup with the construction of a pyramid on the site of the battle. On 5 May 1805, a ceremony took place on the field of Marengo. Napoleon, together with Empress [[Joséphine de Beauharnais|Joséphine]] seated on a throne placed under a tent, oversaw a military parade. Then, Chasseloup gave Napoleon the founding stone, on which was inscribed: "Napoleon, Emperor of the French and King of Italy, to the ''[[manes]]'' of the defenders of the fatherland who perished on the day of Marengo."<ref name="Benoit138">Benoît, p. 138</ref> This pyramid was actually part of a very ambitious project meant to glorify Bonaparte's conquests in Italy. The field of Marengo was supposed to become the site of a "city of Victories" whose boulevards, named after Italian battles, would converge to the pyramid. In the event, the project was abandoned in 1815 and the stones recovered by the peasants. The column erected in 1801 was also removed, only to be restored in 1922.<ref name="Benoit138"/>

Napoleon ordered that several ships of the [[French Navy]] be named Marengo, including ''[[French ship Sceptre (1780)|Sceptre (1780)]]'', ''[[French ship Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1795)|Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1795)]]'', ''[[French ship Ville de Paris (1851)|Ville de Paris (1851)]]'' and ''[[French ship Marengo (1810)|Marengo (1810)]]''. In 1802, the [[Marengo department]] was named in the honour of the battle.<ref>{{Cite web|last = Vosgien|first = Lyon et Paris|title = Les départements de l'Empire Français en 1809|url=http://www.1789-1815.com/depts_1809.htm#marengo|access-date = 13 September 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100921071419/http://www.1789-1815.com/depts_1809.htm| archive-date= 21 September 2010 <!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref> Furthermore, Napoleon's mount throughout the battle was named [[Marengo (horse)|Marengo]] and further carried the Emperor in the [[Battle of Austerlitz]], [[Battle of Jena-Auerstedt]], [[Battle of Wagram]], and [[Battle of Waterloo]].<ref>{{Cite web|last = Hamilton|first = Jill|title = MARENGO, the Myth of Napoleon's Horse|url = http://www.jill-hamilton.com/pdf/marengo-the-myth-of-napoleons-horse.pdf|access-date = 13 September 2010|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110713105001/http://www.jill-hamilton.com/pdf/marengo-the-myth-of-napoleons-horse.pdf|archive-date = 13 July 2011|df = dmy-all}} p. 32</ref>

After Napoleon's fall, [[Marengo County, Alabama|Marengo County]], Alabama, first settled by Napoleonic refugees with their [[Vine and Olive Colony]], was named in honour of this battle. Since then, numerous settlements were named Marengo in Canada and the United States (see [[Marengo (disambiguation)#Places|places named Marengo]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alabama Counties: Marengo County|work=Alabama Department of Archives and History|url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/counties/marengo.html|access-date=13 September 2010|archive-date=10 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710175637/http://archives.state.al.us/counties/marengo.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Presently, a museum of the battle exists on the outskirts of Alessandria. Re-enactments are also organised every year to commemorate the event.<ref>{{Cite web|last = Hicks|first = Peter|title = Marengo Museum: opening weekend|url=http://www.napoleon.org/en/reading_room/articles/files/477077.asp|access-date = 13 September 2010}}</ref>