Many of us were close to speaking French as our native language. Many regard Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” as the best book written on the unique and exceptional American new form of government, that was later adopted by the French. Founding Father Thomas Jefferson contemplated joint democratic values while serving as US Ambassador to France living in Paris. Without the support of the French, America could well have lost the Revolutionary War. France has come out strongly in support of America’s tenuous situation in the Middle East, and the U.S. Although we’ve had conflicts and disagreements with the French, if you take a history lesson in Franco-American relations, you will see that when it’s crunch time, we can generally count on them. “The French?” he hollers, “They’re nothin’ but a bunch of cheese-eating surrender monkeys.”īut that was then. I also remember a 1995 episode of The Simpsons, where Willie the groundskeeper is directed to become a French teacher at the local elementary school. That really showed them! And for the record, I don’t remember reading of any politician advocating the abolishment of French kissing! I recollect back at the congressional cafeteria in the nation’s capitol when they changed the menu from French fries to freedom fries. It wasn’t too long ago when relations between the two countries were a bit frosty. President Biden has developed a close and warm relationship with current French President Emmanuel Macron. Our welcome was quite warm everywhere we traveled. Relations with our country never have seemed better. My family and I are currently on an extended vacation to Paris and Provence in central France.
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