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...
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...
Photo NXP148-1/8-NEW YORK: Columnist Drew Pearson (L) interviews former President Harry Truman (R) in a filmed television broadcast of Pearson’s Washington Merry-Go-Round recorded in 1954. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO. Courtesy of Elisabeth Jenssen Private Collection. Latest News: 55 DAYS...
Tons of Toys Being Shipped to Europe. 900,000 toys, collected in the American Legion’s “Tide of Toys” program, are loaded aboard the SS American Defender in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for shipment from American children to the toyless children of The...
November 11, 1918: Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss, representing the Allies, and Minister of State Erzberger, representing Germany, sign the armistice at 5:15 AM inside Marshal Foch’s own train, number 2419D of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits — thus becoming...
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...
Paris, France Dec. 19, 1947: Drew Pearson, the most popular U. S. newspaper and radio commentator of his time, was awarded the French Legion of Honor, rank of Chevalier, yesterday in recognition of his work in organizing the “Friendship...
Dr. Henry J. Cadbury, Chairman of American Friends Service Committee of Philadelphia (1928 to 1934 and 1944 to 1960), circa 1947. Credit: Courtesy the American Friends Service Committee. http://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=1-2-F4A Latest: All roads to Democracy lead to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, home...
New York, N.Y. November 18, 1947: Mr. Drew Pearson, American Journalist and Father of the Friendship Train speaking to a crowd gathered at City Hall Plaza in New York City… E.J. https://media1.britannica.com/eb-media/42/134242-004-323AB4B5.jpg Latest: The Friendship Train: The...