Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) Promotion 1843 – Sciences https://www.ens.psl.eu/portraits-de-normaliens/louis-pasteur-1822-1895 Louis Pasteur, a qualified chemist, was behind the most important scientific revolutions of the 19th century in the fields of biology, agriculture, medicine and hygiene. Beginning his research on crystallography, he soon embarked on...
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...
Mr. Francis Meilland (1912-1958) born in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, Rhône, France. Diémoz: Une rose Meilland sur un timbre américain. Le Dauphiné Libéré. Photo DR https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-nord/2018/04/17/une-rose-meilland-sur-un-timbre-americain Latest: American Rose Center hosts Peace Rose Forever stamp dedication Gerry May Apr 21, 2018...
Le Pont de Fismette célèbre la mémoire des hommes de la 28e Division américaine venus libérer la ville en septembre 1918 puis en août 1945. Fismette’s Memorial Bridge commemorates the sacrifices made by the soldiers of the 28th Infantry...
On April 3, 1948, President Harry Truman signed the Foreign Assistance Act, the legislation that made the Marshall Plan possible, into law. https://marshallfoundation.org/blog/marshall-and-the-foreign-assistance-act/ OTD: April 3, 1948 – April 3, 2018 3 avril 1948 : Le président Truman...
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...
G. Hocquard, Général Walton H. Walker et Commandant Guy de La Vasselais par Thomas K. Kone de Dallas, Texas – Coll. BMM http://missmediablog.fr/gabriel-hocquard-chez-les-indiens/ Latest: OTD: September 18, 1947 – September 18, 2017 70 years ago today, the...
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...