Message to the People of Orleans, France, on the 500th Anniversary of the Raising of the Siege of the City by Jeanne d'Arc.
May 08, 1929
ON THIS, the five hundredth anniversary of the raising of the siege of Orleans by Jeanne d'Arc, I wish to extend to the inhabitants of the Municipality of Orleans, who during the war so unselfishly and devotedly cared for our wounded, my felicitations and greetings.
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: The message was sent by cablegram to the mayor of Orleans, France.
Herbert Hoover, Message to the People of Orleans, France, on the 500th Anniversary of the Raising of the Siege of the City by Jeanne d'Arc. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209574