Founders Day with Paris Post 1

Paris Post 1 commemorated American Legion Founders Day at 10 a.m. on Saturday, 14 March, together with members of the post Auxiliary, French municipal representatives of the 7th and 16th arrondissements, French veterans and official flag bearers.
Post Commander Carl W. Hale led the wreath-laying ceremony at the site of the Paris Caucus meetings held March 15-17, 1919. The plaque honoring the original site is located at Rue Ernest Psichari #14, which is only a short walk from the "Ecole Militaire" Métro stop off the Avenue de la Motte-Picquet.
Hale delivered a short address to the participants and the neighborhood families watching the ceremony from their apartment windows. Hale said in French, "This weekend around the United States and in Foreign and Outlying Departments and Posts of The American Legion, there will be hundreds of ceremonies in honor of the "birthday" of The American Legion. We are lucky enough to continue the tradition directly here in Paris, France. Paris Post 1 is also celebrating the 96th anniversary of the French and American communities' commitment to keep alive the memory of those men and women who served in both world wars. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the French veterans and flag bearers who faithfully are serving with us at the patriotic ceremonies held in France throughout the year. I would like to thank the mayor's offices of the 7th and 16th arrondissements, which support our ceremony coordination with representatives. Finally, I would like to thank the Prefecture du Police for their surveillance and protection during our ceremonies. Together we will continue to honor those who have served and sacrificed for our freedoms and liberties."
After the ceremony Hale invited all present to participate in the 2015 Memorial Day and Independence Day ceremonies organized by Paris Post 1.

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