VERMONT

Vermont Merci boxcar under restoration.
The Vermont Military Museum emphasizes the veteran's connection to the old French boxcar.
Vermont Historical Society.
Workers prepare a boxcar from the "Merci Train" for display after it arrived in Montpelier in 1949. The train, which brought gifts from the French in thanks for U.S. help in rebuilding their economy after the war, carried a banner that read: "Merci Train de la Reconnaissance Francaise." Among the gifts were paintings, books and dolls. Photo from the Rutland Herald and Barre-Montpelier Times Argus (1999) A Vermont Century: Photographs and Essays from the Green Mountain State. p89.

 

Location:
Vermont Veteran's Military Museum and Library, Camp Johnson National Guard Camp, Colchester, VT
Contact:
Mr. Andrew Laramee, 32 O'Brien Drive, S. Burlington, VT, 05403, (802) 338-3360
Artifacts:
There is no knowledge of any existing gifts.

 

Vermont state flag.

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