Tag: USA Revisited
An official kiss from the French ambassador to the United States seals the deal
Joanne Silver received from France's Ambassador to the US Pierre Vimont the decoration of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques, the most prestigious honor a scholar or academician can receive from the French Government.
The Green Traveler: Arbor Day
Celebrating Arbor Day in New Jersey. When I get back to Paris next week I’m sure to find my plants looking dry and forlorn but alive and willing to be nursed back to health through the spring. The secret to raising plants, I’ve found, is to not get too attached to them.
GLK and WTI support the arts through “Vintage Paris” donation
Gary Lee Kraut and Words Travel International, Inc., publisher of France Revisited, are proud to announce their sponsorship of the arts in Philadelphia through...
GLK and WTI support the arts through “Vintage Paris” donation
Gary Lee Kraut and Words Travel International, Inc., publisher of France Revisited, are proud to announce their sponsorship of the arts in Philadelphia through...
French cuisine in Philadelphia
Explorations in French cuisine in the City of Brotherly Love. A round-up of French restaurants in Philadelphia.
Franco-Philadelphians in Paris
Portraits of Philadelphians in Paris that follow reveal the various ways in which individuals have found and made their personal connection between the City of Light and the City of Brotherly Love.
Benjamin Franklin, a Philadelphian Who Lived the American Dream in Paris, Then Went Home
Shortly after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin accepted a mission from the Continental Congress to seeking an alliance with...
The Vidocq Society: A Famous French Detective Inspires American Forensic Inquiries
When William Fleisher, a former Philadelphia Police Officer and FBI Special Agent, meets with his pals for lunch there’s often blood on the menu...
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and the French Alliance
This is a photo of the Parade Grounds at Valley Forge where on May 6, 1778, the Continental Army celebrated news of The French Alliance, the treaty that threw the weight of Louis XVI's France onto the side of the United States of America in their fight for freedom from British rule.