The "tricolore" (three-colour) flag is an emblem of the Fifth Republic. It had its origins in the union, at the time of the French Revolution, of the colours of the King (white) and the City of Paris ...

A journalist and explorer documents life on the frontlines as war consumes everyday life for French society ... An American WWI soldier writes a letter while encased in a trench.

The recent tremors felt throughout France have been attributed to the fifty six thousand+ WWI & WWII U.S. soldiers ... Q: What Does "Maginot Line" mean in French? A: "Speed bump ahead" Q: What s the ...

A Hindu priest chants prayers in front of two flag-draped coffins, as Indian and French military personnel stand in respect. For Indians who now call France home coming here wasn't just about ...

Why is there a Native American canoe carved in an abandoned quarry inhabited by U.S. soldiers during WWI? The answer leads back to Point Pleasant, Maine--home of the Passamaquoddy Tribe.

Another shipwreck was discovered off the coast of Scotland just last month when a group of divers came across what's believed to be The HMS Hawke, a WWI ship that sank after being torpedoed by a ...

Lawrence Leslie McVey in uniform National Museum of African American History and Culture French Croix de Guerre medal issued to ... History and Culture Framed photograph of an unidentified WWI sailor ...

If you’re looking for a place to retire your old American flag, French Funeral Home now has a flag box. Just outside their ...

Earlier Sunday, the French flag was raised under the Eiffel Tower in memory of firefighters who at midday 80 years ago took down the Nazi flag that had been flying there for four years ...

They got their answer over a century later thanks to the discovery of human remains at a French construction site ... soldiers carried their ancestor’s flag-covered casket to his gravesite.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau the total number of casualties during WWI reached 876,084 ... In 2002, nearly 100 years later, a French archaeological team found the remains of two people ...

During WW1 silk postcards and handkerchiefs were bought as souvenirs by soldiers who were serving on the Western Front. Local French and Belgian ... and the Allied flags:Britain, Italy, Russia ...