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Where and Why to Visit the American WWI Sights of France

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A France Revisited “Conversation with an Expert” in which Gary Lee Kraut speaks with Ben Brands, the historian with the American Battle Monuments Commission about the U.S. First World War sights of France.
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James Baldwin: Scrutinizing America from Paris

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Baldwin’s acute understanding of racial inequality and abuse is what makes his writing pertinent today. But how did his experiences as an expat in Paris help him evolve as a writer and analyst of life in the United States?
Burgundy for Thanksgiving

French Wines for an American Thanksgiving

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Americans celebrating Thanksgiving in France typically, even traditionally, enjoy their fresh French turkey with some fine French terroir in their selection of wine—make that wines, plural, since a long meal calls for more than one.
Mayors Olivier Carré of Orléans and Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans in Orléans Nov. 28, 2017.

Orléans and New Orleans, Sisters at Last

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Orléans and New Orleans have been bound by name ever since the latter’s founding as a French colony in 1718. But it wasn’t until January 5, 2018 that the French city on the northern tip of the Loire and the American city on a southern bend of the Mississippi formerly declared themselves related. Sisters, in fact.

Paris Parks & Gardens: The Cross-City Tourist

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Alice Evleth, a longtime resident of Paris, lives near the Luxembourg Garden, but on this day she's a cross-city tourist. Searching for a park she's never visited and for a less formal garden where she can walk on the grass, she crosses Paris to the Folie Titon Garden in the 11th arrondissement. That's only the beginning of this tale of discovery

D-Day Revisited: The Airborne Museum’s Disturbing Glorification of Ronald Reagan

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Two films are shown at the Airborne Museum in Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy. One of them is among the better introductory films to a visit to the Landing Zone. The other, a film glorifying Ronald Reagan, is undoubtedly the worst. An editorial explaining why the latter should be taken down.
Montsec American Monument, France. Photo GLK.

The American Traveler and the First World War Sights in France

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Between America First and me first there isn't much daylight for a national history lesson. Nevertheless, you don't have to be a war buff or a history buff to visit American-related First World War sights in France and to understand how they relate to our place in the world today.

Beyond D-Day: Falaise, Normandy Examines the Fate of Civilians in Wartime

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Of the 20,000 Normans who died as a direct result of WWII, the majority were killed by Allied bombardments. The effect of war on civilian populations is now the subject of a museum in Falaise, birthplace of William the Conqueror and site, with its surroundings, of the final combat of the Battle of Normandy 1944.
Rabbi Tom Cohen and Rabbi Pauline Bebe

A Couple of Rabbis in Paris

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On the morning of January 14, 2015, American Rabbi Tom Cohen and French Rabbi Pauline Bebe, a unique couple in Judaism in France and worldwide, awoke to news that soldiers had arrived outside their respective synagogues in Paris.

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