In addition, the museum preserve a historic petition, carved on wood and signed by 41 Lebanese officers following the proposal of Captain Jamil Lahoud, declaring the sole service under the Lebanese national flag. This petition was made after the division of the French army in 1941, and the participation of units of the Free French Forces under the command of General Charles de Gaulle in war against Germany and Italy. This has let, in the summer of 1941, the joint forces of the Free French and British forces to attack the Vichy French troops positioned in Syria and Lebanon, through Palestine.