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Ceremonies - Lafayette Day, 1918 - Lafayette Day Celebration, New York City. Alton B. Parker addressing the crowd at the Lafayette Statue in Union Square, N.Y. in the celebration of the 161st. anniversary of the birth of the gallant French mean who fought for American Independence, and the fourth anniversary of the stopping of the Germans at the Marne. A group of French sailors listen to an euology of their country

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Date Taken: 9/6/1918

Photographer: Western Newspaper Union

Ceremonies - Lafayette Day, 1918

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ceremonies lafayette lafayette day celebration lafayette day celebration new york city alton alton b parker crowd statue lafayette statue union square union square anniversary birth french american independence american independence germans marne group sailors french sailors euology country world war 1914 1918 wwi ww 1 new york military parades military parades and ceremonies crowds german army germany ceremony parade high resolution ultra high resolution western newspaper union ceremonies us national archives group of people