1944 – 2024 THE LESLEY J. MCNAIR THEATER IN CALLAS, FRANCE (1945) Calas (Bouches-du-Rhône), France, June 19, 1945: the Lesley J. McNair open-air theater is the largest of all those built in transit camps. The bleachers,...
Istres Air Base (BA 125), France, July 25, 2001: A SNCF COUVERT “40 and 8” OCEM 29 K-219 329 railroad car is being loaded on to a USAF C-5 cargo plane before flying across the Atlantic Ocean. © Marc Voizot Private Collection....
Sunday, June 9, 2024: President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France. Via @POTUS. “Aisne-Marne Cemetery is the final resting place for thousands of Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in...
June 6, 2024: French President Emmanuel Macron and Mrs. Brigitte Macron and President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden in Normandy, France. The White House @WhiteHouse. JUNE 7, 1944 – JUNE 7, 2024 “We must listen to the...
Lahaina, Maui, Hawai’i, USA, May 30, 1994: French Patrol Vessel La Tapageuse of the Marine Nationale anchored in the port of Lahaina, Maui, Hawai’i, U. S. A., the ancient capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom under King Kamehameha (1802). © Photo Marine Nationale...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...