Phare de France honors memory of J. Jusserand; Princess Margaret Boncompagni is promoted in Legion
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Title
Phare de France honors memory of J. Jusserand; Princess Margaret Boncompagni is promoted in Legion
Subject
Boncompagni, Princess Margaret, 1891-1973
Description
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PHARE DE FRANCE
HONORS MEMORY
. OF J. JUSSERAND
•
THE · NEW YORK
Princess Margaret Boncompagni
Is Promoted in
Legion.
• II
An impressive dual cp. remony took I
place at the Phare de France yesterday
afternoon when a plaque was dedicated
to the memory of the late Jean ·
Jules Jusserand, former French ain · I
bassador at Washington and at the I
same time Princess Margaret Boncompagr.
l, the former Miss Margaret
Draper, was marie an officer of the
Legion of Honor by Marshal petaln.
A dlstinruished gathering, including
Ambt'. ssador Jesse Isidor StraW!, Mme. I
Jusserand, and Princess Nicholas of
Greece ( Grand Duchess Helen of Russla),
was present at the ceremony which
began with the presentation by J.
Ridgely Carter, general secretary of the
Phate de France, of MIles. Louise Tbu ·
llez and Jeanne de Bellevllle who, with
Edith Cavell, were condemned to be sbot
by a Germal'l war councll and whose
lives were spared through the intervention
of M. JUl; serand, then French
ambassador at · Washington.
I " Wr will nt: ver forget that it is due
to the intervention of M. Jusserand
that we owe the possibility of being
here today," Bald Mlle. Thuliez to the
ambassador's widoW, In a brief speech
relating the c1reumstancE: s of her
imprisonment.
The plaque, a simple engraving, JUl! serand's
name, was then dedicated at
the entrance of the bulldlng. Follow ·
. Ing this, Ma~ shal Pe~ in made a brief
addrE: ss wherefn, prior to · bestowIn"
on Princess Boncompagnl the accolade
of an officer of the Legion of
Honor, he outlined her achievements
in meriting this distinction. Princess
Boncompagni, dressed in a black and S
green printed dres..~, made a brief
speech thanking the marshal:-
" It is with great emotion that I have
just rp. celved from your hands the distinction
which has been conferred on
me by the government of the Re ·
public. The memory will be doubly
precious because it has been conferred
on me by you. I am very happy to
give my collaboration to the Phare de
France and to aid · those of my i: Ompatriots
who are devoted to this fine
charity for the victim/! · of the war who
. are now I'Urrounded with shadows. We
are going through difficult times and
our task is not finished, but we are
looking to the future with hope and
confidence."
1 ' l v p J
r
. P{ fLI
arechal Petain remet la croix
la princesse Boncompagni
...:
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T'" 1I .1
PHARE DE FRANCE
HONORS MEMORY
. OF J. JUSSERAND
•
THE · NEW YORK
Princess Margaret Boncompagni
Is Promoted in
Legion.
• II
An impressive dual cp. remony took I
place at the Phare de France yesterday
afternoon when a plaque was dedicated
to the memory of the late Jean ·
Jules Jusserand, former French ain · I
bassador at Washington and at the I
same time Princess Margaret Boncompagr.
l, the former Miss Margaret
Draper, was marie an officer of the
Legion of Honor by Marshal petaln.
A dlstinruished gathering, including
Ambt'. ssador Jesse Isidor StraW!, Mme. I
Jusserand, and Princess Nicholas of
Greece ( Grand Duchess Helen of Russla),
was present at the ceremony which
began with the presentation by J.
Ridgely Carter, general secretary of the
Phate de France, of MIles. Louise Tbu ·
llez and Jeanne de Bellevllle who, with
Edith Cavell, were condemned to be sbot
by a Germal'l war councll and whose
lives were spared through the intervention
of M. JUl; serand, then French
ambassador at · Washington.
I " Wr will nt: ver forget that it is due
to the intervention of M. Jusserand
that we owe the possibility of being
here today," Bald Mlle. Thuliez to the
ambassador's widoW, In a brief speech
relating the c1reumstancE: s of her
imprisonment.
The plaque, a simple engraving, JUl! serand's
name, was then dedicated at
the entrance of the bulldlng. Follow ·
. Ing this, Ma~ shal Pe~ in made a brief
addrE: ss wherefn, prior to · bestowIn"
on Princess Boncompagnl the accolade
of an officer of the Legion of
Honor, he outlined her achievements
in meriting this distinction. Princess
Boncompagni, dressed in a black and S
green printed dres..~, made a brief
speech thanking the marshal:-
" It is with great emotion that I have
just rp. celved from your hands the distinction
which has been conferred on
me by the government of the Re ·
public. The memory will be doubly
precious because it has been conferred
on me by you. I am very happy to
give my collaboration to the Phare de
France and to aid · those of my i: Ompatriots
who are devoted to this fine
charity for the victim/! · of the war who
. are now I'Urrounded with shadows. We
are going through difficult times and
our task is not finished, but we are
looking to the future with hope and
confidence."
1 ' l v p J
r
. P{ fLI
arechal Petain remet la croix
la princesse Boncompagni
...:
r: J t raG;' 0 ' 1
T'" 1I .1
Newspaper article describing the ceremony that took place at the Phare de France during which Princess Boncompagni was made an officer of the Legion of Honor by Marshal Petain
Source
New York newspaper
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
1935?
Relation
Bancroft Memorial Library Local History Collection, Hopedale, Massachusetts. http://www.hopedale-ma.gov/Public_Documents/HopedaleMA_Library/index
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text/pdf
Language
en-US
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Image
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“Phare de France honors memory of J. Jusserand; Princess Margaret Boncompagni is promoted in Legion,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed June 20, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/608.
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