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Merci, America!
Author: Heather Bode
Series: Read With Highlights
Narrator: Highlights for Children
Unabridged: 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highlights
Published: 11/01/2018
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Military History & Wars, History, Us History
Synopsis
This article explains why France sent a train to the United States as a thank-you during the late 1940's. After the US collected and sent donations and supplies to war-ravaged France after World War II, the French sent gifts of thanks in what was called the Merci Train.