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In this book, the reader will discover that Dr. Evans, Napoleon's dentist, was the first American to receive the Legion of Honor in 1853 ; that an American, Mrs. Spreckels, had a replica of the Legion of Honor Palace built in San Francisco in the twenties; that another American, W. N. Cromwell, was the main financial support of the creation of the Museum of the Legion of Honor in Paris, inaugurated in 7925; that in 1947, when the American Society of the French Legion of Honor celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary, about 5.500 Americans were on the roster of the Order. Created by emperor Napoleon 1st in 1802, the Legion of Honor, the expression of democratic and universal values shared by both countries, appears as still another link between France and the United States. 

  CONTENTS

1. The Americans of the Legion of Honor      by Véronique Wiesinger 2. American Volunteerism in France      by Alan Albright 3. William Francklyn Paris and the American Society of the French Legion Honor      by Véronique Wiesinger 4. James Gore or a Passion for Decorations      by Véronique Wiesinger 5. T.W. Evans, a Philadelphian "Yankee" at the Court of Napoleon III      by Alan Albright 6. Science and Industry      by Véronique Wiesinger 7. The Arts in the Legion of Honor      by Véronique Wiesinger 8. The Legion of American Friends and Allies in the Great War      by Alan Albright 9. The California Palace of the Legion of Honor      by Véronique Wiesinger 10. William Nelson Cromwell and the Birth of the National Museum of the Legion of Honor in Paris      by Véronique Wiesinger 11. Reconstruction and the Between-the-Wars Period      by Véronique Wiesinger 12. Lindbergh: an Exceptional Achievement      by Véronique Wiesinger 13. Americans in France in World War II      by Alan Albright and Véronique Wiesinger 14. List of works exhibited [in French]

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