MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: VE DAY & THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI TRAIN:” HERE IS TO YOU, GEN. PAUL DASSAULT, Mr. LAURENT DASSAULT & THE AMERICAN LEGION! #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFranceUSA

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...

MDFDE/FRANCE-GREAT BRITAIN-USA: LA FLAMME DE LA LIBERTÉ (THE LIBERTY FLAME) – OPERATION MIRROR 2024 #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain75 #MDFDEFriendsOfTheMerciTrainFRANCE-USA

  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...

MDFDE: The 70th Anniversary of D-DAY in Normandy

World leaders gather for D-Day ceremony    http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2014/06/06/natpkg-france-d-day-ceremony.cnn&hpt=hp_mid&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}3A{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}2F{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}2Fedition.cnn.com{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}2F CNN|Added on June 6, 2014 Francois Hollande welcomed veterans and world leaders to a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Obama: D-Day veterans’ stories should remain ‘seared...