General Pershimg in Peru 1924

[Eduardo]

I have always been an admirer of General John J. Pershing. One chapter of his life probably not mentioned often is that he came to Per? in 1924 representing the President of the United States for the ceremonies held for the Centenial of the battle of Ayacucho. The last battle of South American independence. After the ceremonies he was ask by president Coolidge to overview a plebisite that was going to be held in the Peru-Chile border. In any case, I wanted to inform who ever might be interested that I have found some photographs of the arrival of Grl. Pershing and his participation in some of the ceremonies. During the big parade he was the General in command of the international troops. What an honor for us.

Unfortunatelly the scans I have are heavy but can send them to anyone interested diretly to their Emails.

Eduardo

Edited January 24, 2007 by Eduardo