. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... tions made by different rulers, Napoleoncausing a great deal of work to be done during his time. AVestood in the courtyard where the Ilugenots were slaughteredand here saw the foundations of the original Lonvre: stand-ing in front of the Louvre, we could look through the TuileriesGardens, on past the Place de la Concorde, up the ChampsElysees to the Arc de Triomphe. Here was a vast work of artand architectural beauty and we marveled at the hugeness ofit and the centuries it had taken to bring it to this p
. Memories of the "411th" Telegraph Battalion in the World War here and "over there" .... tions made by different rulers, Napoleoncausing a great deal of work to be done during his time. AVestood in the courtyard where the Ilugenots were slaughteredand here saw the foundations of the original Lonvre: stand-ing in front of the Louvre, we could look through the TuileriesGardens, on past the Place de la Concorde, up the ChampsElysees to the Arc de Triomphe. Here was a vast work of artand architectural beauty and we marveled at the hugeness ofit and the centuries it had taken to bring it to this point of per-fecion. The French have dedicated this ground in the very cen-ter of their beloved Paris that they might have a proper set-ting for these works of art and the relics of a history rich inachievement. The whole is made up of many small parts, eachdetail being carefully and artistically planned, and the com-pleted work blending into a never-to-be-forgotten ])icture ofbeauty. But our play-day of sightseeing is over, and we mustagain take up the trend of our more serious NOlltK I)AMI-:
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