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Lieux De Mémoire Française Aux Etats-Unis D'amérique Lieux de Mémoire française aux Etats-Unis d’Amérique (Inventaire en cours) v.10 (F) – Mise à jour 1er mars 2021 1 Statue de la Liberté Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004 https://www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm 40°41ʹ21ʺN 74°2ʹ40ʺW v Offerte en témoignage d’amitié par le peuple français aux États-Unis, la statue monumentale la plus célèbre du monde est l’oeuvre du sculpteur Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Sa charpente métallique fut conçue par Gustave Eiffel, également alsacien. Son appellation officielle est «la Liberté éclairant le monde». Elle est reconnue comme le symbole universel de la liberté et de la démocratie et devenue l’un des symboles des Etats-Unis. v L'idée d'un monument présenté par les Français aux États-Unis fut d’abord proposée par Edouard René de Laboulaye, président de la Société française anti-esclavagiste et éminent penseur politique de son temps. Fervent partisan de l'Union pendant la guerre civile américaine, il est censé avoir dit: «Si un monument devait s'élever aux États-Unis, en souvenir de leur indépendance, je pense qu'il serait naturel qu'il soit construit d’un commun effort - une œuvre commune de nos deux nations.” v Bartholdi pris sa propre mère comme modèle. Des dizaines de milliers de français, dont de nombreux écoliers, cotisèrent pour sa construction. Assemblée et désassemblée à Paris dans les ateliers Puget, ses plaques de cuivre furent numérotées et transportées dans des caisses. L'éditeur Joseph Pulitzer du NeW York World lança une campagne de dons pour construire le piédestal auprès de plus de 120 000 contributeurs, dont beaucoup étaient des immigrants récents. La plupart donnèrent moins d'un dollar. v La Statue de la Liberté fut inaugurée le 28 octobre 1886. Elle a été classée “National Monument” en 1924. v La Statue ne comporte aucun symbole emblématique de l'ordre américain, aucun drapeau ou aigle. La tablette dans la main gauche de Liberty n’est pas la Constitution, mais la Déclaration d’Indépendance de 1776. 2 PLAQUES DU SOUVENIR Church of Notre Dame 405 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10025 https://ndparish.org/ 40.805070 N -73.960380 W v Ces plaques recensent les noms de 463 volontaires Français et Américains aux Etats- Unis, des Membres de l’Escadrille Lafayette et de l’American Field Service « Morts Pour la France ». Originellement conçues et installées en 1921, ces plaques furent augmentées et complétées par le Colonel Roger Cestac, président de l’American Society of Le Souvenir Français dans les années 1980, et furent transférées de l’Eglise de St Vincent de Paul à l’Eglise Notre-Dame en 2018. v Ce projet a été possible grâce à Monseigneur John Paddack, sollicitée par Françoise Cestac. Une levée de fonds auprès de la Communauté Franco-Américaine de New York, et notamment de notre bénéfacteur principal Jean-Hugues Monier, de l’ American Society of Le Souvenir Français Inc., de l’Association des Cadres de Réserve Français aux Etats-Unis (ACREFEU), du Comité des Associations Françaises et de langue Française (CAFUSA), des membres de la Fédération des Anciens Combattants de New York et aussi par des donations venant de Métropole. v Une messe pour la Célébration de la Victoire et de Jeanne d’Arc a lieu annuellement (le dimanche le plus proche du 8 Mai) v Une Messe de l’Armistice a lieu annuellement (le dimanche le plus proche du 11 Novembre) 3 FLUSHING CEMETERY - Carré des Anciens Combattants Français 163-6 46th Ave, Queens, NY 11358 Entrée à 46th Avenue & 162th Street. En voiture de Manhattan (c’est le moyen recommandé): prendre le Northern Boulevard, tourner à droite sur la 162ème rue et à gauche sur la 46ème Avenue. 40.75351160773242, -73.80352275105363 • A la Toussaint nous honorons nos anciens camarades qui reposent dans ce magnifique Cimetière après avoir combattu pendant la 1ère et 2ème Guerre Mondiale, la Guerre d’Indochine, la Guerre d’Algérie et les combats de Tunisie et du Maroc. • Au centre du Carré, une tombe au nom D’Eugène Bullard, Caporal, engagé volontaire dans la légion Etrangère, puis 1er pilote Africain- Américain à avoir combattu dans l’aviation Française et Américaine en 1917 et décoré de l’insigne de Chevalier De la Légion d’honneur par le Général de Gaulle en 1959. • Il y a aussi, la tombe de Milda Pathé, la fille unique des cinémas Pathé. • Non loin du Carré des Anciens Combattants Français, se trouve aussi celle du Célèbre trompettiste Louis Armstrong. 4 GRAVE SITE of EUGENE BULLARD 9 Oct 1894 - 13 Oct 1961 (aged 67) Flushing Cemetery 163-6 46th Ave, Queens, NY 11358 Secon C, No. 7, Plot 53 hps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Bullard • Au centre du Carré des Anciens Combattants, une tombe au nom d’Eugène Bullard, Caporal, engagé volontaire dans la légion Etrangère, puis 1er pilote Africain-Américain à avoir combattu dans l’aviation Française et Américaine en 1917 et décoré de l’insigne de Chevalier De la Légion d’honneur par le Général de Gaulle en 1959. • Eugène Bullard était un soldat afro-américain très décoré (un mitrailleur affecté au 3e régiment de marche de la Légion étrangère, le 170e régiment d'infanterie française et le service aérien français en tant que mitrailleur) et pilote de combat (Lafayette Flying Corps & Squadron N .85) qui ont combattu avec les forces françaises pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. • Il a été reconnu officiellement par l'US Air Force comme le premier pilote de chasse noir américain. • Cette parcelle est la propriété à perpétuité de la Fédération des Anciens Combattants Français (Federation of French War Veterans) 5 CYPRESS HILLS – Carré des Marins Français 625 Jamaica Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11208 Cimetière National de Cypress Hills – Jamaica Ave, angle de Hale Street, (limite de Brooklyn et du Queens). 40.6858524 N,-73.8809583 W • Cérémonie organisée tous les mois de novembre le plus près de la Toussaint (ou au cours des escales des navires de la Marine Nationale) par la Fédération of French War Veterans et par l’American Society of The Souvenir Français Inc. pour honorer les 25 marins Français morts pour la France à New York de la grippe Espagnole en 1918. Trois de ces marins ont été rapatriés en France. 6 Overseas Service League Flagstaff and Grove Central Park East 69th Street redcross.org 40.770164489746094 N,-73.96759796142578 W • En 1925, un bosquet commémoratif de Central Park de 24 arbres et mât a été conceptualisé pour un hommage aux femmes américaines engagées et décédées à l'étranger pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. • Ce bosquet symbolique et ce mât ont été redécouverts en 2019. Aujourd'hui, le mémorial vivant d'arbres florissants reconnaît les femmes qui ont servi la nation américaine d'innombrables façons. Il parcourt le mur le long de la Cinquième Avenue de la 69ème à la 71ème Rue. • La première cérémonie de commémoration a eu lieu le 12 novembre 2019, le lendemain de la Journée des Anciens Combattants. Des recherches sont actuellement en cours pour identifier les noms de ces volontaires. 7 Dorrance Brooks Park Square 369ème Régiment de la première unité Africaine Edgecombe Ave &, W 136th St, New York, NY 10030 https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/dorrance-brooks-square 40.741895,-73.989308 • Monument érigé en l'honneur du 369e Régiment de la première unité afro-américaine à combattre pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, également connue sous le nom de «Harlem Hell Fighters» et / ou «the Black Ratters». Ce régiment n’a jamais reculé devant l'ennemi et a reçu la Croix de Guerre. • Ce parc est nommé en l'honneur de Dorrance Brooks (décédé en 1918), un soldat afro-américain décédé en France peu avant la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale. Natif de Harlem et fils d'un ancien combattant de la guerre civile, Brooks était un soldat de 1eère Classe dans le 15ème régiment d’Infanterie. Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, les soldats afro-américains ont servi dans des régiments séparés et n'étaient pas éligibles à l'aide de l'Army Nurse Corps ou de la Croix-Rouge américaine. Malgré ces découragements, Brooks s'est distingué comme un soldat fidèle et patriotique. Brooks a été félicité pour sa «bravoure signalée» en emmenant à la charge le reste de sa compagnie après que ses officiers fussent tous tués. • https://www.6sqft.com/dorrance-brooks-square-a-harlem-enclave-with- world-war-and-civil-rights-ties/ 8 Vietnam Veterans Wall Soldats Français engagés 55 Water St, New York, NY 10041 https://www.vietnamveteransplaza.com/about-vietnam-veterans-plaza/ 40.7032255 N,-74.0090671 W • ‘’Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day ’’organisé par « the Veterans Affairs » de la Ville de New York. Quelques noms de Français appelés dans l’Armée Américaine sont gravés sur le Mur du Mémorial. Des recherches sont en cours pour collecter davantage d’informations. • "Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day" hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs of New York City. Some names of Frenchmen called up in the United States Army are engraved on the Memorial Wall. These names will be identified eventually. 9 DeWitt Clinton War Memorial W. 52nd St. &, 11th Ave, New York, NY 10019 https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/de-witt-clinton-park/monuments/271 • Invitajon par le Gouvernement Belge (Consulat Général des Flandres) pour célébrer l’anniversaire de la 1ère Guerre Mondiale avec la parjcipajon de la Fédérajon of French War Veterans et de l’American Society of the Souvenir Français Inc. pour honorer les « Dough Boys ». • Deux cent mille soldats français périrent pendant la bataille de la Somme. 10 Statue de Jeanne d’Arc Riverside Drive & W. 93rd St Joan of Arc Park, New York, NY 10025 https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/riverside-park/monuments/819 40.800333,-73.971459 • Statue de Jeanne D’Arc – Riverside Park, près de la 93ème Rue • Une cérémonie prenait place à chaque escale du P.H.
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