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1. azmemory.azlibrary.gov › nodes › viewFrom Friendship to Gratitude - The Merci Train Collection

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   Andre Picard, a French railroad worker and war veteran, suggested the creation of the French Gratitude (Merci) Train. To build the Merci train, he suggested the use of 49 WWI era boxcars, known as 40 & 8s.

2. france-amerique.com › the-merci-train-laying-theThe Merci Train, Laying the Tracks of French-American Friendship

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   Jan 31, 2024 · A bilingual inscription completed the design: “Gratitude Train, Train de la reconnaissance française.” André Picard, who chaired the National Organizing Committee, was pleased with the result: “The wagons that once carried weary men of war now carry gifts of peace.”

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3. www.atlasobscura.com › articles › a-tale-of-twoA Tale of Two Revolutions at the Grave of the Marquis de ...

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   The Cimetière de Picpus in the 12th arrondissement is the final resting place of Marquis de Lafayette, one of the heroic icons of the American Revolution, yet the story of the cemetery is ...

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4. smallstatebighistory.com › merci-train-visitsThe Merci Train Visits Woonsocket: A French Connection

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   Andre Picard, a railroad worker and war veteran, began a drive to fill forty-nine railroad cars—one boxcar for every state, plus one shared by Washington, D.C and Hawaii (which was a state at the time)—with gifts.

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5. www.francaisdeletranger.org › en › 2024/05/08MDFDE/FRANCE-USA: VE DAY & THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE “MERCI ...

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   May 8, 2024 · They were: André PICARD, general secretary and originator of the “Merci Train” with Commander Guy DE LA VASSELAIS; Louis CAST, Committee president; and Maurice ARTIGUENAVE, treasurer, all railroad veterans of World War I, members of the French Resistance in World War II and officials of the French Gratitude Train National Committee, en ...

6. www.atlasobscura.com › places › cimetiere-de-picpusCimetiere de Picpus – Paris, France - Atlas Obscura

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   Jul 19, 2010 · Discover Cimetiere de Picpus in Paris, France: The headless bodies of more than 1,300 guillotined victims of the Reign of Terror are buried here in mass graves.

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8. encyclopediavirginia.org › entries › marquis-deMarquis de Lafayette (1757–1834) - Encyclopedia Virginia

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   Oct 19, 2024 · By sixteen, Lafayette was a member of the Black Musketeers, the king’s personal guard, which took its name from the unit’s black horses. Also at sixteen, he married fourteen-year-old heiress Adrienne d’Ayen-Noailles, becoming one of France’s wealthiest men. Madame de Lafayette.

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   • He returned to the United States in August 1824 for a triumphant thirteen-month tour of all twenty-four states. Lafayette died in Paris in 1834. Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, to Michel du Motier and Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière on the family’s estate in Auvergne in central France.

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   How old was Lafayette when he was born?

   • Lafayette was born on September 6, 1757, to Michel du Motier and Marie Louise Jolie de La Rivière on the family’s estate in Auvergne in central France. Lafayette’s ancestors had fought for France since the Crusades, and he was especially proud of his father, who was killed in the Seven Years’ War when the boy was just two years old.

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   Why did Lafayette return to France in 1782?

   • In January 1782, Lafayette returned to France as a national hero. He reunited with his wife, daughter, and son, who was named for George Washington; another daughter, Virginie, was born the following September. Lafayette dedicated himself to promoting democratic causes, including the abolition of slavery.

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   • In 1782, Lafayette returned to France, where he promoted reform, advocating the end of the absolutist monarchy and its replacement by a constitutional monarchy. A supporter of the French Revolution in its early phase, he fled the country after the Jacobins came to power. He was arrested in Austria and imprisoned from 1792 until 1797.

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