After forty-three years of volunteer work devoted to the administration of the Foundation and the renovation of the Monument, something was missing: To tell the story of the conception, creation, and maintenance of this monument dedicated to the memory of these young American volunteers who came to fight, from the very beginning, alongside France against the German invader before the United States entered the war in 1917. Talented historians have already recounted their epic. See the publications listed at the end of the last volume. This year again, excellent works have been published on this subject for the centennial of the Great War both in France and in the United States. In this story, we will tell you about the creation of the Lafayette Escadrille Monument and its past and present environment. We will also tell you the story of the founders of this building and those who worked in the past for its preservation. We will also tell you the story of its design, its construction, the financial and architectural difficulties encountered, and its maintenance over time. All of this goes hand in hand with the history of the Foundation since 1931. Of course, this will not prevent us from referring from time to time to the illustrious history of the squadron and its pilots.