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Old 07-14-2017, 11:00 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Moonstruck View Post
I concur with this thought. It is also the 100th year anniversary of the ending of WWI. It was nice that they included that in the celebration, and honored the US efforts in that war.

We also owe the French a debt because the French fleet blockading the entrance to the Chesapeake kept reinforcements and supplies from Cornwallis' troops at Yorktown. This greatly hastened the end of the Revolutionary War.
Thank you very much my dear Mr RTF.

One little correction about the history timeline though... It is NOT the 100th year anniversary of the ENDING of WWI. It is the 100th anniversary of the engagement of US soldiers in the WWI. That is why US soldier were going along with French soldier in Paris today. 100th anniversary of the end of the WWI is next year (2018).



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