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America's Gift to France Honors Lafayette and Liberty
A historic plan frames America's gift to France the colossal statue by Frederick MacMonnies to mark the Marne Battle and Lafayette's memory. Thomas W. Lamont chairs a national committee raising funds from all Americans including schoolchildren and patriotic groups. Pershing and Lafayette are cited as crusaders of liberty and the Paris Meaux cross near the Marne is noted as a symbol of Franco American friendship.
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Maine
France
United States
America
Pershing
Lafayette
Tanfa Sentta
Dyadid Y Cllc
Bartholdi
New York Harbor
the Marne
Liberty
Frederick MacMonnies
Thomas W. Lamont
Marne
Dren
Brandywine
Gloucester
Washington
Gongres
Virginia
Rochambeau
American
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Meaux
Sons of Liberty
Equality
Fraternity