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Two centuries of Friendship
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Source: From La Fayette to D-Day, was published by
Editions Italiques in 1994 under the auspices of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs'
Press, Information and Communication office.
Embassy of France in the U.S. - September 13, 2001 |
America's contribution to the liberation of France was the most recent chapter in a friendship that has spanned two centuries. From La Fayette to D-Day traces that alliance from General Lafayette's decisive aid to the American colonies in 1781, to that early June morning of 1944 on the beaches of Normandy. The Franco-American friendship
has produced a cultural richness evident in figures like Alexis de Toqueville, Benjamin
Franklin, Jean-Jacques Audubon, the Statue of Liberty, Gertrude Stein and Sidney Bechet. 
