Our Mission
“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for...
Pour la reconquête des valeurs humanistes qui ont fait la grandeur de la France.
“Tout au long de l’histoire, il y a eu l’inaction de ceux qui auraient pu agir; l’indifférence de ceux qui auraient dû en savoir plus, le silence de la voix de la justice quand il importait le plus qu’on...
MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: VE DAY & THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI TRAIN:” HERE IS TO YOU, GEN. PAUL DASSAULT, Mr. LAURENT DASSAULT & THE AMERICAN LEGION! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFranceUSA
Paris, France, Saturday, January 23, 1949: The “Flambeau de la Reconnaissance,” the VERY FIRST “Torch of Gratitude” to travel from France to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, U. S. A. was solemnly kindled from the Eternal Flame of the Unknown...
MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: MARCH 15 – 17, 2024: HAPPY 105TH BIRTHDAY, AMERICAN LEGION! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #FriendsOfTheMerciTrainFRANCE-USA
The American Legion National Headquarters On this day in 1919 the first American Legion caucus was held by members of the American Expeditionary Force, convening in Paris. War-weary members of the American Expeditionary Forces gathered for a “morale conference” that...
MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI TRAIN II:” THE FRENCH RESPONSE TO DREW PEARSON’S FRIENDSHIP TRAIN #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFranceUSA
Paris, France, Monday, October 18, 1948: Shown above at the Gare Saint-Lazare, one of the French capital’s main train stations, are two SNCF workmen putting the finishing touches on one of the forty-nine “Merci Train” WWI boxcars of the...
MDFDE/FRANCE-GREAT BRITAIN-USA: LA FLAMME DE LA LIBERTÉ (THE LIBERTY FLAME) – OPERATION MIRROR 2024 #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFRANCE-USA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: IN CELEBRATION OF THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI TRAIN” (1949-2024) via our French-American project #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 (2024-2025), the Mouvement des Français de l’Etranger (MDFDE) — French and Francophones Abroad — Friends of the Merci Train...
MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI TRAIN:” THE FRENCH RESPONSE TO DREW PEARSON’S FRIENDSHIP TRAIN #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFranceUSA
Washington D. C., February 6, 1949: With Drew PEARSON, master of ceremonies of the Official “Merci Train” Welcoming Committe in D.C., his hometown, standing on his right, Vice-president Alben W. BARKLEY (left hand on podium), a Democrat from Kentucky, speaks...
MDFDE/USA: WEST MAUI NOT READY FOR VISITORS TWO MONTHS AFTER #MauiFires #LahainaStrong
April 2022: Keone`o`io – Laperouse Bay – Maui, Hawai’i: The Laperouse Memorial established by Elisabeth Jenssen, Founder & President of the Friends of Laperouse USA & Le Mouvement des Français de l’Étranger (MDFDE) French and Francophones Abroad, on May...
MDFDE/USA-FRANCE: 11/26/2022: President Volodymyr ZELENSKYY Launches the #GrainfromUkraine Initiative
Never again should hunger be used as a weapon – address of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Nov. 26, 2022 Opening address of President of Ukraine at the inaugural International Summit оn Food Security under Grain from Ukraine humanitarian...
MDFDE/USA: President Joe Biden’s Plan for Ending Hunger in America by 2030 #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75
“In every country in the world and in every state in this country – no matter what else divides us – if parents cannot feed their children, nothing else matters.” President Joe Biden Remarks at the White House Conference...
MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: Here Is To YOU, Josephine BAKER (1906-1975): May We ALL Be Brave Enough To Follow Your Example! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75
Paris, November 1948: Legendary Missouri-born dancer and singer, French Resistance fighter and civil rights leader Josephine BAKER, arms outstretched, surrounded by a group of “Catherinettes” wearing their hand-made elaborate hats — donated to the French Merci Train as a...
MDFDE/FRANCE-U.S.A: HAPPY 135th BIRTHDAY, LADY LIBERTY! #MDFDEJeSuisLadyLiberty135
Latest: Statue of Liberty NM @StatueEllisNPS #OTD October 28th, 1886: President Grover Cleveland officially accepts the #StatueofLiberty on behalf of the American people from the people of #France! #135yearsofenlightment #FindYourPark #ThrowbackThursday 4:30 PM · 28 oct. 2021· TweetDeck...