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1. 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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2. 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.

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

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   This crucial aid and its source did not go unnoticed by the French. 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.atlasobscura.com › articles › a-tale-of-twoA Tale of Two Revolutions at the Grave of the Marquis de ...

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   When Adrienne died in 1807, she was buried near her anonymously interred family, just as many other aristocratic family members were, and decades later her husband would rest at her side. Plaque...

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

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   Oct 19, 2024 · Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette, known as the Marquis de Lafayette, was a French aristocrat who served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later played a key role in the French Revolution.

7. www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org › video › a-heroA Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of ...

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   May 16, 2024 · For over fifty incredible years at the heart of the Age of Revolution, he fought courageously on both sides of the Atlantic as a soldier, statesman, idealist, philanthropist and abolitionist. As a teenager, Lafayette ran away from France to join the American Revolution.

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   Who was Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette?

   • Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette, known as the Marquis de Lafayette, was a French aristocrat who served as a general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later played a key role in the French Revolution.

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   When did Lafayette die?

   • 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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   How many French officers did Lafayette choose?

   • Lafayette also chose twenty French officers for his staff. Among those in the group: the French engineer Captain Pierre L'Enfant, who in 1791 would go on to design the city of Washington, D.C. Lafayette headed north in the dead of winter, leaving York on February 3.

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   Why was Lafayette imprisoned?

   • 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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   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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9. www.mountvernon.org › library › digitalhistoryThe Marquis de Lafayette at Valley Forge | George Washington ...

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   Lafayette demonstrated his unwavering loyalty to Washington during the Valley Forge encampment by helping Washington face down the so-called Conway Cabal, a never-hatched military-political plot aimed at forcing Washington to give up command of the Continental Army.