BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Archives -- Exhibit: Americans in Paris

DC -- Natl Archives -- Exhibit: Americans in Paris:

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Description of Pictures: The "Americans In Paris" exhibit. Statesmen, students, tourists, soldiers and artists -- Americans from all walks of life have gone to Paris to work, learn, and be inspired. When the United States first began the fight for independence from Great Britain, the Continental Congress sent Benjamin Franklin to France to seek support for our revolution. Since then, Americans have followed him to Paris. Their time there has not only helped shape events abroad but has had a real impact on American history. Records from the National Archives tell the stories of many of these Americans in Paris. A diplomatic dispatch reveals the intricacies of negotiations; a military telegram reports a unit's progress during a world war; a manuscript describes the lessons learned by a young writer living in the city. Through these stories, we gain a new perspective on the way this special place intersects with the life of the American people.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. ARCHPA_050723_002.JPG: (left) Case for "Medaille Commemorative," 1878. (right) "Medaille Commemorative" awarded to Walter Emerson, 1878. Altogether, the United States won 10 Grand Prizes as well as 143 gold, 224 silver, and 277 bronze medals at the International Universal Exposition in Paris in 1878. Honorary national and state commissioners and participants in significant exposition events also received medals. Walter Emerson received his for playing the cornet in the American concert performed on July 4, 1878.
2. ARCHPA_050723_016.JPG: These are the last pages of the treaty that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
3. ARCHPA_050723_022.JPG: Page from an undated manuscript of "A Moveable Feast," written by Ernest Hemingway, page 5. Published posthumously in 1964, "A Moveable Feast" is Hemingway's nostalgic memoir of his years in Paris. This page describes a visit to the Musee de Luxembourg to see paintings by Cezanne, Manet, and Monet. In the final paragraph, Hemingway mentions a visit to Gertrude Stein and her friend, Alice B. Toklas.
4. ARCHPA_050723_037.JPG: Harry Truman's uniform from World War I
5. ARCHPA_050723_046.JPG: Message from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gen. George C. Marshall, December 20, 1944. Newly promoted General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower sent this message to General Marshall asking him to thank President Franklin D. Roosevelt for Eisenhower's nomination to increased rank. This message was sent the same day that Eisenhower's new rank was effective.
6. ARCHPA_050723_057.JPG: Message from the British Chiefs of Staff to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dec. 18, 1944. While there were well-known strains in the relationships of individual military commanders, the British Chiefs of Staff sent this top secret message with their congratulations to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower at 6:13pm, on December 18, 1944.
7. ARCHPA_050723_072.JPG: This sketch of Jackie Kennedy was done during her visit to Paris in June 1961.
8. ARCHPA_050723_076.JPG: Treaty of Alliance with France, signed February 6, 1778, selected pages. Following an important American victory at Saratoga, France agreed to the formal alliance that America had been seeking. The full and open support of Louis XVI's army and navy made possible the final victory of the United States in the War for Independence. The Treaty was signed by C.A. Gerard for France and by Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee for the United States.
9. ARCHPA_050723_087.JPG: Letter from Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane to the Committee of Secret Correspondence, March 12, 1777, selected pages. In this letter, Franklin reported that the French were prepared to offer money and arms secretly but wished to avoid "giving Umbrage to England" by forming an open alliance with the United States. He also reported that the American ideals of freedom and independence were proving irresistible throughout Europe. The letter was signed by Franklin and Deane, who also served as American envoy in Paris. Excerpt: "All Europe is for us... Tyranny is so generally established in the rest of the World that the Prospect of an Asylum in America for those who love Liberty gives general Joy, and our Cause is esteem'd the Cause of all Mankind."
10. ARCHPA_050723_113.JPG: Memo from Henry Kissinger to Brent Scowcroft re: Paris Venue, February 1973. A central provision of the cease-fire agreement called for the repatriation of all captured American military personnel within 60 days of its inception. This secret communique from Kissing to his Deputy Assistant Security Advisor, Brent Scowcroft, suggests Paris as the venue for the exchange of prisoner lists with North Vietnamese officials.
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