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Lafayette, we are here.

Uncle Sam shakes hands with the Marquis de Lafayette in this 1917 French poster produced around the time the United States entered WWI. Library of Congress photo

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Tags: WWII, Uncle Sam, Bastille Day, Marquis de Lafayette
Credit: Library of Congress VIRIN: 170402-O-ZZ999-221.JPG

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