Exhibit is reminder of Lafayette's importance to U.S.
Posted 11/24/07
NEW YORK – "Lafayette, we are here."
So said an aide to "Black Jack" Pershing when the American general and his troops reached France in 1917, joining the Allies' war against Germany. It was payback for the service rendered by the Marquis de …
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