About Us
A BRIEF HISTORY:
Le Souvenir Français, a French association under the high patronage of the President of the Republic, was born in 1872 in occupied Alsace- Lorraine, and was founded in 1887 in Paris by Professor Xavier Niessen. The association has more than 200,000 members in France and in more than 45 countries.
In the United States, the American Society of Le Souvenir Français, Inc. (Souvenir Français USA) has been represented since the First World War by a General Delegate, among whom were Dr Jules Pierre, MM. Bruno Kaiser, Colonel Roger Cestac, Christian Bickert, Mathieu Petitjean, and Jean Lachaud. The association is presided since November 2020 by CC(H) Thierry Chaunu (H) Lt Cdr., French Navy.
Board Of Directors
American Society of Le Souvenir Français, Inc.
2024
(in alphabetical order)
Françoise Cestac
Honorary President
Thierry Chaunu
President, Delegate General of Le Souvenir Français
Yves de Ternay
Treasurer
Patrick du Tertre
1st Vice-President
Henri Dubarry
Francis Dubois
Alain Dupuis
2nd Vice President
Daniel Falgerho
General Secretary
Caroline Lareuse
Clément Mbom
Education Advisor
Jean-Hugues Monier
Audit Committee
Harriet Saxon
Nicole Yancey
Regional Delegates :
Jacques Baisnenou, Great Lakes & Midwest
Bruno Cateni, South
Prof. Norman Desmarais, New England
Alain Leca, Washington D.C.
Marc Onetto, West Coast
Brigitte Van den Hove-Smith, SouthEast
Nicole Yancey, Yorktown & Virginia, former honorary Consul of France in Virginia
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