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MONTH OF JUNE 2010
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| CHICAGO, 22 JUIN 2010: RECEPTION A L'OCCASION DE L'EXPOSITION SPATIAL CITY : AN ARCHITECTURE OF IDEALISM |
Le 22 juin le Service Culturel du Consulat de France à Chicago a organisé une réception au Hyde Park Art Center à l'occasion de l'exposition "Spatial City: An Architecture of Idealism" en presence de M. Graham Paul, Consul général de France à Chicago, Mme Marie-Ange Brayer, Directrice Frac Centre, M. Nicolas Franck, Commissaire général de l'exposition Spatial City, conservateur INOVA, M. Phillipe Durand, Artiste, Mme Marie Cécile Burnichon, Directrice, Platform, Mme Allison Peters Quinn, Conservatrice, Hyde Park Art Center, M. Luis Croquer, Directeur, Museum of Contemporary Art (Détroit).
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| NORTHBROOK (IL), JUNE 27, 2010: LEGION OF HONOR CEREMONY FOR MR. DAVID BROWN |
On June 27, 2010, Mr. Graham PAUL, Consul General of France in Chicago presented Mr. David BROWN with the French Legion of Honor Medal during a ceremony at Glenbrook North High School located in Northbrook, Illinois.
The ceremony featured a documentary on World War II, created by students from Glenbrook North High School intitled: Passing the Torch of Freedom.
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Mr. Brown was 22 years old when he enlisted in February 1943. He enlisted as a technician 4th grade in the 26th Port Company of the 490th Port Battalion.
From September 1943 to winter of 1945, he participated in operations in Europe, specifically in the Normandy and Northern France campaigns. After landing on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944, Mr. Brown was responsible for providing the First U.S. Army in Europe with supplies and ammunition. He was then sent to help support and re-build highly damaged ports including, le Havre and Cherbourg.
Mr. Brown is a recipient of the European, African, Middle Eastern Theater Medal with two Bronze Star Medals, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Bronze Arrowhead Medal. Parts of Mr. Brown's expirence during World War II were featured in the History Channel program, A Distant Shore, African-Americans of D-Day, dedicated to honoring African Americans who fought on D-Day.
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