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...
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...
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...