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/USA: ‘MERCI’ MOUNT VERNON, N.Y.! Here Is to You Mount Vernon’s “Miss Connie” MAURO & Denzel WASHINGTON! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70

Atlanta, Georgia, December 13, 2016: Denzel Washington reads a book with his Mount Vernon, N.Y. childhood librarian, Connie Mauro. Atria Johnson Ferry/Facebook https://www.cbsnews.com/news/denzel-washington-helps-childhood-librarian-celebrate-her-99th-birthday/ OTD: July 4, 1776 – July 4, 2019   Dear Citizens of Mount Vernon, New York,...

MDFDE/USA: From President LINCOLN to President OBAMA: HOPE “made in the U.S.A.” Never Fades Away! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70

The Obama Foundation‏ Compte certifié @ObamaFoundation 19 H Today, @BarackObama and @MichelleObama became the first presidential couple to be painted by African American artists for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. http://obama.org/portrait       #GRATITUDE #RESISTANCE #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70 © The Official...