FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: IN CELEBRATION OF THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI TRAIN” (1949-2024) via our French-American project #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 (2024-2025), the Mouvement des Français de l’Etranger (MDFDE) — French and Francophones Abroad — Friends of the Merci Train...
March 31, 1951: French President Auriol At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Photograph of French President Vincent Auriol (foreground, first from the left) with other dignitaries at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery during...
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...
Pierre Charles L’Enfant was an architect, engineer and city planner who, most famously, designed the spatial plan for Washington, D.C. https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Notable-Graves/Science-Technology-Engineering/Pierre-Charles-LEnfant *****RED ALERT: Latest News on the #CoronavirusCOVID19 epidemic: As of 05/28/2020: At least 5,710,393 cases and...
An American Hero: Heather Heyer (May 29 1985-August 12, 2017), the 32-year-old Charlottesville paralegal murdered by an American Nazi in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. on August 12, 2017. Long Live Lady Liberty! Long Live the spirit of Heather...
January 12, 1946 – New York City The 82nd Airbone Division in the WWII victory march up 5th Avenue in honor of all the units that served during that conflict. It was a great day for the division to...
WWI: French 40 & 8 troop train. http://www.82ndengineers.org/82nd-ourhistory.htm The Lone Star State “On January 5, 1944, just 22 days after arrival in Africa, we were again ordered to prepare for movement. This time we boarded a train,...
April 20th 2017: Alcorn McBride brings Siege of Yorktown to life at new American Revolution Museum. The nine-minute experiential attraction in the Siege Theatre plunges 70 visitors at a time into the heat of the battle. Guests view the allied...
Protest: Members of the National Women’s Party (NWP) stood outside the White House (pictured) with signs addressed to new U.S. President Woodrow Wilson which read: ‘Mr President how long must women wait for liberty’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3296569/Amazing-never-seen-photos-reveal-decaying-U-S-jail-brave-White-House-suffragettes-tortured-Night-Terror.html Latest: #WomensMarch...