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Show FRANCE EXTENOT GLORIOlMULOul ! PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEROES FROM AMERICA WHO GAVE ALL J . FOR LIBERTY. ; Pilgrimages to Cemeteries of Franct Made By Thousands, While Leading Lead-ing Men and Women Express Their Appreciation. raris. With the break of dawn oa Sunday, May 30, pilgrimages of thous-aiuls thous-aiuls of black-clad French men, w, men and children started from sixty, one towns and villages for the AmerL can cemeteries in France. By nisdit-fall nisdit-fall there was not a single American grave in France that was not decorated decor-ated with some memento of the love and gratitude which the French pens, antry feel toward their deliverers. The towns adjacent to the larger cemeteries had special ceremonies. Some of the most famous orators ot France made speeches. Throughout the cemetery zones Sunday was a memorable day in the history ol Franco-American relations. France proved in a solemn and impressive' fashion that she has not forgotten the SO.OOO olive-drab fighters who broke the enemy lines at St. Mihiel and in the Argonne forest. Many of France's leading citizens issued special messages to the people of America. Marshal Foch said: "France's soldiers will never forget the courage and the sacrifice of their American brothers in arms who fought and died by their side like men." Marshal Petain declared : "Tin, bonds of true friendship and comraila. ship forged by common sacrifices suffered suf-fered by those French and American heroes sleeping side by side in France will remain strong forever." Sarah Bernhardt penned the following follow-ing : "The Seine will dry up, Paris will be .dust, before the sacred memory of the American heroes passes from the women of France, who loved them as their own sons. There is not a woman wo-man in France today who does not remember that without the supreme sacrifice of these thousands of brave Americans, Paris might be the capital of the German empire." |
