Merci Train Boxcar - Baltimore, MD
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N 39° 17.108 W 076° 37.968
18S E 359178 N 4349689
A Merci (Fr. Thank You) Train Boxcar is on display at the B&O Railroad Museum at 901 West Pratt Street in Baltimore, MD
Waymark Code: WM16HP7
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 08/06/2022
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Forty-nine French railroad box cars, filled with gifts from France in gratitude for the 700 boxcars of relief goods sent to them by Americans in the 1947 U.S. Friendship Train, arrived in New York City on February 3rd, 1949. Each of the 48 stated were assigned one boxcar and the 49th boxcar was shared between the District of Columbia and the Territory of Hawaii. The boxcar assigned to Maryland can be viewed at the B&O Museum in Baltimore. Link
A sign on the boxcar is inscribed:
Boxcar used in the 1st World War
presented by the French National Railroad
to the State of
MARYLAND
in gratitude for help given to France
by the American people
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Country or International City that Gave the Gift: France
Country or International City that Received the Gift: Baltimore, MD
Website Verifying this Item as a Gift from Another Country or International City: [Web Link]
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