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Excerpt from The Dedication of the Statue of Joan of Arc in the City of New York on the 6th of December, 1915
The commonly accepted date of Joan of Arc's birth is January 6, 1412.
Abbe. Gaffre, who died soon after, and represents the Maid at the stake. He also gave to the Paris Relief Fund at the time of the last flood, and toward the new road at Nice; and has given annual medals for fencing. He is a member Of the Nice Carnival Committee and the Nice Yacht Club and has given liberally to the carnival. Other evidences of his generosity have been mani fested in his paying the expenses of art students in Paris, and in contributions to the Red Cross hospitals and charities generally. In 1912 he gave a statue of Shakespeare to Southwark Cathedral in London, England. In 1908 he founded, in the National Academy of Design in New York City, the John Sanford Saltus Prize for a painting or piece of sculpture by any artist, man or woman, American or foreign; and he was the most liberal contributor to the erection of the Joan of Arc statue described in these pages. He is an Honorary Member of the Art Students' League, the Fencers' Club, the Amateur Fencers' League and the Salmagundi Club; a Fellow of the National Acad emy of Design; a Patron of the American Museum of Natural History; a Life Meinber and First Vice President of the Museum Of French Art of l'institut Francais aux etats-unis, and the Archaelogical Institute Of America; member of Council of the American Numismatic Society; Life Member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Vice President of the British Numismatic Society; and member of the Gypsy Lore Society of England, as well as other art and learned societies. He has. Written a number of papers on Louis XVII. He: has received from France the rosette Of Officier dc l'academie and the cross of Chevalier de la Légion d' Honneur. He is the donor of the John Sanford Saltus Foundation for French lectures in America.
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