Manuscript Group 989, New Jersey Commitee For The French Gratitude Train, Memorial Album, 1949

 

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989. (NEW JERSEY) COMMITEE
FOR THE FRENCH GRATITUDE TRAIN

 

Memorial Album, 1949. 1 vol.

 

Contains photographs and
copies of eighteen letters, all pertaining to the ”
“Train de la reconnaissance franc,aise.” This copy of the

 

album was presented to New
Jersey Governor Alfred E. Driscoll.

 

The Gratitude Train,
containing historical and other gifts to the

 

American people, was sent to
the United States by the French

 

government. The shipment
represented an expression of gratitude

 

for food and clothing sent
abroad in 1948 on the American Friend-

 

ship Train. The Gratitude
Train consisted of forty-nine cars, one

 

for each state and the
District of Columbia. The contents of the

 

NewJersey car, after being
displayed in Trenton and Newark, were

 

g1.ven to various museums
and school districts to be ” “permanently

 

exhibited.” The chairman of
the Committee for the French

 

Gratitude Train in NewJersey
was Leonard Dreyfuss.

 

Gift of Mrs. Alfred E.
Driscoll, 1975.

 

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