Paris, France in the Fall of 1947: Ms. Gabrielle Griswold. (Private Collection). This photo shows Blake’s American Aid to France during a Friendship Train Steering Committee meeting, held to discuss Friendship Train distributions throughout France. Blake sits at his...
Nov. 1947: A group of Arkansas officials standing in front of one of the “Friendship Train” cars to be sent to France in the late 1940s. Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2681 #GRATITUDE #RESISTANCE #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70 © The...
http://frenchculture.org/archive/events/propaganda-design Latest: Propaganda by Design When: April 5, 2017 at 6:30pm Where: Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, NY 10029 On April 5th at 6:30 pm, the Museum of the City...
OTD: April 2, 1917: Libération. La Fayette, Nous Voilà. Secrétariat Général à l’Information. Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko. E.1-2004. Prints & Drawings Study...
March 25, 2017: © AFP Les avions de la Patrouille de France survolent la Statue de la Liberté, pour la première grande tournée américaine de la célèbre formation depuis 31 ans, le 25 mars 2017 à New York. The...
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...
http://www.ecowatch.com/france-ban-plastic-2006584695.html France becomes first country to ban plastic cups and plates By Sophie Eastaugh, for CNN Updated 0830 GMT (1630 HKT) September 20, 2016 Story highlights Ban will go into effect in January of 2020 The...
http://www.ctpost.com/news/politics/article/Obama-to-visit-far-flung-Midway-Atoll-in-9196936.php Photo: IUCN http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/about/about-congress http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/fr The 2016 Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders September 1, 2016 https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2016/09/01/2016-pacific-islands-conference-leaders IUCN World Congress 2016: September 1 Opening Ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqhFHtMLR4o Obama highlights environment on Pacific atoll Andrew Beatty...