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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