The term 40 & 8 doesn’t mean much to most Americans–unless you happened to serve in France during one of the World Wars. But the 40 & 8 still has much meaning today and the story is important to...
OTD: New York City, February 2, 1949: “Magellan” passing the “Statue of Liberty.” UIM – Marine http://uim.marine.free.fr/hisnav/archives/navires_uim/op-com/magellan-train.htm #GRATITUDE #RESISTANCE #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70 © The Official French-American Project entirely conceived by Ms. Elisabeth JENSSEN to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of...
20 Décembre 1947 : Débarqué au Havre le 18 décembre 1947, arrivée à la Gare Saint-Lazare à Paris du “Friendship Train”, le convoi du Train américain de l’Amitié, en présence du journaliste Drew Pearson, créateur du projet ; et...
Smoke billows over Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, after a surprise Japanese attack. (National Park Service / SAFP) http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-pearl-harbor-anniversary-20161205-story.html Attack on Pearl Harbor http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor On December 7, 1941, Japan launches a surprise attack on...
August 25, 1916 – August 25, 2016 Latest: Statue of Liberty NM Compte certifié @StatueEllisNPS The fun isn’t over yet! We will be having #NPS100 events all weekend long! Stop by the green tent to check it...
June 5, 2016: Hōkūleʻa Arrives in New York City! http://www.hokulea.com/hokule{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}ca{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}bba-arrives-in-new-york-city/ Latest: “JUST” CONNECTING THE DOTS… THE MDFDE WAY… E.J. Congrats TARA EXPEDITIONS & Agnès b., recipient of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards for Excellence in Marine Exploration, 2016!...
The La Perouse Memorial at La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawai’i, U.S.A., established on May 30th, 1994 by Ms. Elisabeth Jenssen Founder & President of The Laperouse Foundation USA/Friends of La Perouse USA and Le Mouvement des Français de l’Etranger...
President Barack Obama with President François Hollande in the Oval Office on 11/24/15. Vive Paris! Vive New York! Vive la France and the United States of America! Obama: We are all French now By Stephen Collinson...
Paris @Paris 20 nov. La Tour Eiffel reste en bleu-blanc-rouge jusqu’au 25/11 #FluctuatNecMergitur http://ow.ly/USljP From September 11 (2001) to Friday the 13th of November (2015) New York Attacks on the Twin Towers of the World...
French President François Hollande: Syrian refugees flee same people who have attacked France; 30,000 to still be welcomed in France. https://twitter.com/NBCNightlyNews/status/667113181668487169 Latest: Agence France-Presse @AFP 4 minil y a 14 minutes #BREAKING BREAKING: Paris attack...