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Show FRENCH PAY TENDER TRIBUTE Present Elaborate Certificates to Next Kin of American Boys Who Died in the War. The French certificates, 118,409 of which were distributed to the next kin of the American soldiers, sailors and marines who died in the war, are beautifully beau-tifully engraved diplomas typical of the artistic nature of the French people. peo-ple. The certificates were distributed by the posts of the American Legion with appropriate exercises on Washington's Wash-ington's birthday, in expression of the French government's appreciation of the 'supreme sacrifice made by these men. The principal figure of the group symbolizes the soul and spirit of the American army which helped France to maintain alive the flame of the torch of liberty and justice. The sword is not in the scabbard but ready at any .lioment to protect and stanchly defend the weak and oppressed, op-pressed, who are symbolized in the group to the left by a mother holding her baby to her breast, and to insure t ( ' W frji i i i' ..- j ...... 'wit,yixw.w:. :'v;v. S x Certificate Presented to the Kin of Americans. freedom and justice to the coming generations, represented by the figure of the kneeling boy, praying ami thanking thank-ing God for deliverance. At the right, the figure of a man. chained and shackled, symbolizes the spirit of evil and the victory over our enemies. Also at the right, crowning the spirit of America, stands "Glory" who rejoices with the old war veteran, standing to the left of the principal figure, symbolizing the armies, who are always ready to tight for the good of humanity. Universal fame is symbolized by the winged figure. Hying over the group, and trumpeting to the world, the gr-nt triumph in which the United States participated. The American eagle, posed on the stalT of pence, watches zealously and stands ready to swoop Pi case enemies again endeavor to cpsturb tin' peace of the world, so dearly acquired. ac-quired. The entire group is framed by a border bor-der of oak and laurel leaves which are always decreed to the victors. At the foot of the oemvaph the flags of France and America are drape-! and .'.lined togelher by a wreath, which ! the f'g-k of gratitude and li.vicige wiiieii i- ranee pays to our son- who gave .heir lives for liberty an 1 ii:tiee. T'io lines engraved on the wail I e-bind e-bind the croup are taken fr-mi one of Victor lingo's poems, and when translated trans-lated read, "Those who died piously for their country, have th, right that at their graves, the people come to pray." |