but that's not the reason for that French word on postal letter. If you will stop and take a closer look - the International Postal Treaty is written in English and French. Both are only official languages. The labels the USPS slap on letters and box usually are English and French - Par Avion. W. David Samuelsen DFKII@aol.com wrote: > > Where are our historians? How could we miss the point that the territory all > the way to the Rhine River has been controlled by the French on and off for > some very significant periods during the last 1000 years! Fealty to the > French sovereign by counts in the Eifel was common durning the Crusades. The > French revolution reached all the way to Koblenz. Napolean rewrote the map > of the area and legislative control. Why not French? > > Don Kilburg > > ==== TRIER-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation longer than 4 days? > send your message to Trier-L-request@rootsweb.com > subject line: unsubscribe