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    The Croix de Guerre (French: [kʁwa də ɡɛʁ], Cross of War) is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross...
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  • Saint Croix Island (French: Île Sainte-Croix), long known to locals as Dochet Island (/ˈduʃeɪ/), is a small uninhabited island in Maine near the mouth...
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  • The Croix de Guerre (French: [kʁwa də ɡɛʁ], Cross of War) is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross...
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  • the 16th and 17th century but Larhantec was responsible for the two "croix de mission" dating to 1879 and 1901. This 7-metre-high (23 ft) cross is situated...
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    Croix de Guerre TOE in Spanish regimental heraldry (Rif War operations) The Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieurs (French pronunciation:...
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    Petits Chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly) is a boys' choir created in 1956 at Collège Sainte-Croix de Neuilly in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France...
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    The new commandant general of the interior provinces, Teodoro de Croix, thought the missions were a liability and began taking actions to decrease their...
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    François de La Rocque (French: [fʁɑ̃swa dəlaʁɔk]; 6 October 1885 – 28 April 1946) was the leader of the French right-wing league the Croix de Feu from...
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    set aside for the last Companion. The medal of the Order is called the Croix de la Libération ("Cross of Liberation"). It is a 31 mm wide by 33 mm high...
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    The St. Croix River (/ˈseɪnt ˈkrɔɪ/ SAYNT KROY; French for 'Holy Cross') is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about 169 mi (272 km) long, in the U...
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    de Bisorza Oven (18th century) A Fountain (1913) A Colonna Family Agricultural Storehouse (19th century) The old School (1891) The Croix de Mission Monumental...
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    Lac-à-la-Croix, a few kilometres to the east on Cross Lake. Historically the territory of the indigenous Innu, the first European, Jesuit Jean de Quen, visited...
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    Rosicrucianism (redirect from Rose+Croix)
    (1986) Les Rose-Croix M. A. Éditions, Paris, ISBN 2-86676-229-0, in French Bayard, Jean-Pierre (1990) La Spiritualité de la Rose-Croix: Histoire, Tradition...
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    Harry Herbert Crosby (category American recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
    the Air Medal (with three oak leaf clusters), the Bronze Star, and the Croix de Guerre. On December 13, 1941, following the Imperial Japanese Navy attack...
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    Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrières de St. Vallier (November 14, 1653 – December 26, 1727) was a French Catholic prelate who served as the second Bishop...
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    The Cross for Military Valour (French: Croix de la Valeur Militaire) is a military decoration of France. It recognizes an individual bestowed a Mention...
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  • The Gypsy Evangelical Mission in France (Life and Light) (Mission évangélique des Tziganes de France (Vie et Lumière)) is a Pentecostal church active...
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    Jean-Pierre Aumont (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
    2001) was a French actor as well as holder of the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his World War II military service. Aumont was born Jean-Pierre...
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    Simone Segouin (category Female recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France))
    the rank of second lieutenant in 1946, and was awarded the decoration of Croix de Guerre for her service in the Resistance. After the war, Segouin became...
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  • Croix-des-Bouquets (/ˌkrwɑː deɪ buːˈkeɪ, -bʊ-/,[citation needed] French pronunciation: [kʁwa de bukɛ]; Haitian Creole: Kwadèbouke or Kwadèboukè) is a...
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    substantive rank of major in the Dragoon Guards. He was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre in March 1918, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St...
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    was later sent to Mission San Buenaventura. Another bell, which was once the gift of the Spanish Viceroy, is inscribed Marquez de Croix Mexico November...
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    Quirinale website "Le président Emmanuel Macron élevé dans la dignité de grand croix de l'ordre national". Retrieved 9 November 2023. "Statsbesök från Frankrike"...
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    kilometres (135 mi) west to the juncture of the Grand Portage route at Lac La Croix. For the other route see Grand Portage. For the whole route to Lake Winnipeg...
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    Samuel. "Mgr Ulrich : "L'État reconnaît à l'Église le droit de s'exprimer"". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 27 April 2022. White, Christopher (26 April...
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    after him. Grand-Croix of the Légion d'honneur – 1945 (Officer – 1934; Knight – 1919) Grand Master of the Ordre de la Libération Grand-Croix of the Ordre...
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    Henri Navarre (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
    given a field promotion to lieutenant 21 April 1918. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre with bronze star for his exemplary service between 28 September...
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    The Cross of Lorraine (French: Croix de Lorraine), known as the Cross of Anjou in the 16th century, is a heraldic two-barred cross, consisting of a vertical...
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  • was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in April 1918 and the French Croix de Guerre in August 1919. After the war Draper became a secondhand car salesman...
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    the truth. It is evident from [José de] Gálvez's correspondence of 1768 that he and [Carlos Francisco de] Croix had discussed the advisability of an...
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