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Show Mark Heroine's Trail on her military cureer, was the starting start-ing point of her Journey. The storj begins at dawn February 23, 1429. when Juiin. disguised as a young merchant mer-chant and accompanied by six faithful local followers, set out for Chlnon and the court ol the dauphin, to tell the story of her voices and offer ber sword to France. She rode a white horse, given her by an uncle, and she left her mother and father in angry tears, berating her for ber willfulness. She was a big. healthy girl of eighteen eight-een years of age, strong from working In the fields, tending her father's flock and doing the housework of a medieval peasant cottage. Eighteen months later she met her death, almost al-most ton feeble to stand up. War, hardships and Imprisonment mxde u whlte-fuced, hollow-eyed shadow of the peasant girl. Joan raised the siege of Orleans April 21), 1429. She crowned the dauphin dau-phin king of France In the It el ins cathedral July 16 of the same year. She wus taken prisoner at Coin-plegnes Coin-plegnes May 24, 143(1. and met her death at Itouen May 30, 1431. Dates uf dedication of memorial tablets will coincide wltb the Sve-huudiedtb anniversary an-niversary of these dates. Vaucouleurs, France. The trail of Joan of Arc, Maid of Orleans, Is to be marked permanently as France's tribute trib-ute to her on the five-hundredth ami! versary celebration of ber explolis. Her progress from the little town of Domremy to the court of the dauphin at Chlnon; to Orleans, where she raised the 10()diiy siege; on to Reims, where she crowned the dim phin. King Charles VII; to St, Denis, close to I'arls, and eventually to the stake at Rouen In the north. Is to be described serially In stone tiihlets set up at points of greatest Importance Impor-tance In connection with her story. It will take IS months to put tliem In place. In all. the trail will cover more than 3.XI0 weary miles which the girl soldier, chid In armor and riding a while horse, traveled In less than fourteen months of terrific campaigning. campaign-ing. She always pushed forward faster fast-er thiin her seasoned witrrior counseled coun-seled advised, never resting or sparing spar-ing herself. This little town, a few miles from peaceful Domremy, where Joan, daughter of a landed peasant family, heard the voices which started hei |