"Lafayette, Nous Voici" - Soon after the arrival of the American troops in France, General Pershing was invited to speak at the grave of Lafayette. "Lafayette, we are here!"

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"Lafayette, Nous Voici" - Soon after the arrival of the American troops in France, General Pershing was invited to speak at the grave of Lafayette. The gallant Frenchman had fought to win freedom for America and the Americans now were come to repay their debt by standing shoulder to shoulder with the men of France in their hour of need. The delight of Marshall Joffre, Pershing's most conspicuous auditor, is very evident. The laconic phrase, "Lafayette, we are here!" which the occasion spontaneously evoked, was uttered some say by General Pershing, some say by Colonel Stanton, and some say by neither speaker

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