- 03 -032017
Lafayette, We Are Here! : episode 5
American Volunteers Anne Tracy Morgan Anne Tracy Morgan (1873-1952) became one of the richest heiresses in the world when her father, the great financier John Pierpont Morgan died in 1913. In 1907, she stayed in […]
- 02 -242017
Lafayette, We Are Here! : episode 4
American Volunteers American Charitable Work Mobilization started as early as 1914 As early as August 1914, Americans enthusiastically participated in the implementation of relief programs for managing donations, setting up sanitary structures and providing humanitarian […]
- 02 -202017
Lafayette, We Are Here! : episode 3
American Volunteers The United States in August 1914 On 4 August 1914, as the great European powers took up arms against one another, it was quite clear that American public opinion favoured neutrality and non-intervention. […]
- 02 -152017
Lafayette, We Are Here! : episode 2
Independence of the United States The Marquis de Lafayette in America In 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) then aged 20, sailed to America on his own funds without the consent of King Louis XVI. […]
- 02 -102017
Lafayette, We Are Here! : episode 1
The Independence of the United States. La guerre d’Indépendance américaine (1775-1783) LaThe signature of the Treaty of Paris on 10 February 1763 between the kingdoms of Great Britain, Prussia on one side and France, Austria, […]
- 02 -092017
Lafayette, We Are Here! : introduction
As part of the Commemorations of the Centenary of the Great War and the commemorative events held in 2017, the musée de l’Armée presents a documentary-exhibition on the entry of the United States of America […]
- 12 -052016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 21
La Marseillaise Today As Chief of the Music of the Republican Guards from 1927 to 1944, Pierre Dupont (1888-1969) adapted the music of the French national anthem to military orchestras taking into account their instrumental […]
- 11 -182016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 20
Mockery & cetera Following its creation in 1792, the song written by Rouget de Lisle was translated into several languages, cited, spoofed and even misused. The French People along with some foreigners appropriated La Marseillaise, […]
- 11 -152016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 19
During the Second World War Throughout the Second World War, La Marseillaise remained the French national anthem both for the État Français [French State of the Vichy Government] and the French Resistance. Although the anthem […]
- 11 -082016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 18
War Bonds Although exceptional credits were voted by the Legislative Assembly in order to finance military operations and war industries in the early stages of the war, very soon France started facing a liquidity crisis. […]
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