{"id":20386,"date":"2017-06-06T19:26:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/?p=20386"},"modified":"2017-06-06T19:45:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T19:45:57","slug":"mdfdeusa-congrats-mayor-bill-peduto-for-your-leadership-in-green-citizenship-mdfdejesuisladyliberty131-cop21-mdfdefriendshipmercitrain70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2017\/06\/06\/mdfdeusa-congrats-mayor-bill-peduto-for-your-leadership-in-green-citizenship-mdfdejesuisladyliberty131-cop21-mdfdefriendshipmercitrain70\/","title":{"rendered":"MDFDE\/USA: Congrats Mayor Bill PEDUTO for your Leadership in Green Citizenship! #MDFDEJeSuisLadyLiberty131 #COP21 #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pittsburgh, PA, USA: Mayor Bill Peduto. An open letter to Bill Peduto from an LGBTQ advocate.<\/address>\n
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Mme le maire, nous vous remercions des chaleureux voeux du peuple de Paris @<\/s>CityPGH<\/b><\/a>, 82 villes am\u00e9ricaines et leurs maires sont avec vous. https:\/\/twitter.com\/billpeduto<\/a><\/address>\n
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Hi @<\/s>BillPeduto<\/b>, #<\/s>Paris<\/b> has a message for you and to all the people of #<\/s>Pittsburgh<\/b>. #<\/s>FromParisWithLove<\/b> #<\/s>ParisAgreement<\/b> #<\/s>Trump
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Les villes appliqueront l’Accord de #<\/s>Paris<\/b><\/a>, quoi qu’il arrive. #<\/s>AccordDeParis<\/b><\/a> #<\/s>Trump<\/b><\/a> #<\/s>Climat<\/b><\/a><\/address>\n
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Open Message to Mayor Bill Peduto:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On behalf of the Mouvement des Fran\u00e7ais de l’\u00c9tranger (MDFDE) and all our Green Citizens friends worldwide, I wish to express my sincere congratulations to you and your wise constituents for your inspiring leadership in fully supporting the #ParisAgreement and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, President of @<\/s>C40Cities<\/b><\/a> and @<\/s>AIMFrancophones<\/b>.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

As a proud French-American, I thank you very much for reminding us all that, YES, <\/strong>just like for all American Mayors rightfully elected, the Mayor of Pittsburg, PA, is, without a doubt, fully in charge of his own City’s destiny.<\/p>\n

Like President Barack OBAMA said it first – loud and clear – two years ago when he signed the #ParisAgreement: There is No Plan B. There is no Planet B. There is no turning back. No additional option: All nations, all communities must unite in saving Planet Earth.<\/p>\n

Your stand with Paris and the rest of the civilized world in the fight vs. climate change is especially meaningful to me because it shows, once again in History, how, in the darkest times, Pittsburgh and the Great State of Pennsylvania respond to human crisis and emergencies like climate change, world famine and poverty by joining great international causes.<\/p>\n

Indeed, following WWII, 70 years ago, American journalist Drew Pearson,\u00a0fed up by the division over U.S. aid to Europe in the Truman administration and the Republican controlled Congress,<\/strong> launched “The Friendship Train,”<\/strong> a grassroots relief initiative in cooperation with the National Association of Mayors, which raised over 40 million dollars in aid for war-torn France and Italy traveling across the country from Hollywood to New York City.\u00a0On December 20, 1947, the much-needed food, medicine and supplies arrived at the Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris via Le Havre, France.<\/p>\n

Pittsburg and everyone in Pennsylvania was there to answer the call (please see Pennsylvanian Dorothy R. Scheele’s website “The Friendship Train of 1947” to learn more about it):\u00a0 http:\/\/www.thefriendshiptrain1947.org\/friendship-train-history-pennsylvania.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

With last but not least my Pennsylvanian friend, Gabrielle Griswold, now 91-year young, whose own mother had served France right after WWI, who worked for American Aid to France, Inc. (originally American Relief for France) in Paris, France in 1947-1948, taking a very active part in the Friendship Train with Drew Pearson (please read the moving story of this great Pennsylvanian lady here): http:\/\/www.thefriendshiptrain1947.org\/friendship-train-history-france-memories.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

And because History has a very sneaky way of repeating itself and we all have a duty to educate ourselves as well as the new generation of French, Americans and global citizens, and never stop defending Freedom, our civil liberties…<\/p>\n

I am very pleased to solicit your support for our #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70,<\/strong> a huge project to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the American Friendship and French Merci Trains – the Gratitude Train sent by France to the United States in 1949 to thank Americans for their help and sacrifices during both WWI and WWII – and the 75th Anniversary of the Voie de la Libert\u00e9\/Liberty Road in New York City in 2019.<\/p>\n

Our honorary President is the Comte Gilbert de Pusy La Fayette, direct descendant of the Marquis de la Fayette, French Father of American Liberty, for whom Edouard de Laboulaye, Auguste Bartholdi, Gustave Eiffel and the People of France gave America the Statue of Liberty.<\/p>\n

I will personnally contact every other State, town and city that took an active part in the legendary “Friendship Train and Merci Trains” to also get on board schools, veterans, cultural and artistic associations later on this year. Until then… Thanks again, Mayor Peduto and everyone in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania (with a special hello and thanks to the Pennsylvania Branch of the 40 & 8 Society and American Legion and Everyone at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation & the\u00a0Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum for their service and in preserving their Merci Train boxcar and memories) for your help and friendship. Until we get a chance to meet and maybe plan a very special “Pittsburgh and Paris rally!” Go Pittsburgh! Go Steel City!<\/p>\n

Sincerely yours,<\/p>\n

Elisabeth Jenssen Founder & President<\/p>\n

Le Mouvement des Fran\u00e7ais de l’\u00c9tranger (MDFDE) French and Francophones Abroad
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Chair, #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70
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Links: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2017\/06\/02\/mdfdeusa-dear-world-may-we-all-be-bartholdi-mdfdejesuisladyliberty131\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.francaisdeletranger.org\/en\/2017\/05\/04\/mdfdeusa-wwi-live-from-austin-texas-all-aboard-the-merci-train-mdfdefriendshipmercitrain70-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ms. Gabrielle Griswold, then 21-year old, at AAtF headquarters in Paris, France (1947) with Drew Pearson on the right. http:\/\/www.thefriendshiptrain1947.org\/friendship-train-history-france-memories.htm<\/a><\/address>\n
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This 40 & 8 Boxcar is one of forty nine cars that comprised the Merci or Gratitude Train, a gift to the American people from the citizens of France.\u00a0 Pennsylvania received it at a ceremony in Harrisburg on February 6, 1949.\u00a0 All forty-eight states received a boxcar filled with gifts, ranging from humble offerings to priceless art and antiques. The District of Columbia and the Territory of Hawaii shared the forty-ninth car. Gifts of sacrifice from individuals conveyed each donor’s depth of gratitude to America for liberating France in two World Wars and for sending the friendship train. A $40 million food relief effort carried out by American volunteers in 1947, which saved many French citizens from starvation.<\/p>\n

The 40 & 8 Boxcars, so named because of their capacity to hold either 40 men or 8 horses, transported soldiers and horses to and from French battlefields during World War I. Many World War II soldiers rode the boxcars as well. The Merci Train boxcars now stand as a tribute to the sacrifices and bravery of American veterans who served in France in two World Wars and as a symbol of friendship and gratitude between the people of the United States of America and the Citizens of France.<\/p>\n

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Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum <\/b>Building T-8-57 Annville, PA 17003 Fort Indiantown Gap (717) 861-2402. The Pennsylvania Merci Train Boxcar standing right behind the Voie de la Libert\u00e9\/Liberty Road marker in honor of Gen. Patton’s heroic 3rd Army offered as an additional token of gratitude by the French town of Saint-Avold (Moselle) to the 28 infantry division of the Pennsylvania National Guard, which took an active part in liberating France and Paris, to be kept at “Indiantown Gap Military Reservation.” http:\/\/pngmilitarymuseum.org\/exhibits\/displays\/boxcar.html<\/a><\/address>\n
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Pittsburgh Mayor Issues Executive Order In Response To Trump\u2019s Paris Climate\u00a0Decision<\/h1>\n

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) \u2013 Mayor Bill Peduto has issued an executive order a day after pledging Pittsburgh would continue to follow the guidelines of the Paris Climate Agreement.<\/p>\n

The move comes after President Donald Trump announced the United States would be pulling out of the Paris Climate Accords of 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor decades Pittsburgh has been rebuilding its economy based on hopes for our people and our future, not on outdated fantasies about our past. The City and its many partners will continue to do the same, despite the President\u2019s imprudent announcements yesterday,\u201d Mayor\u00a0Peduto\u00a0said in a statement.<\/p>\n