I grew up in MD and raised my family in VA but I actually moved to the Paris France two years ago. Some of my ancestry hailed from Eastport Maine !
You may know, the govt / municipal buildings and the schools - have Liberté Egalité Fraternité plaques prominently displayed if not carved into the stone. Just thought of this: there’s likely no need to preference town names when the ethos of the country is so well communicated dating from revolutionary times…
Paris VA is a quaint little town! Had to say that.
I agree that with another commenter about the need for the humanities but also solid courses on the history of our country without erasure of uncomfortable truths.
The French Revolution is not forgotten here by virtue of the signs and much more.
I love Paris and Normandy on the coast. We have been invited to take part in ceremonies for a small Normandy town called Dieppe to commemorate the British, Canadian and US soldiers who fought the Nazis there on August 28, 1942, (before D-Day landings). Every year they have a ceremony and the students give speeches about The Duty To Remember the bravery and the sacrifice of those who tried to free French citizens from Nazi occupation. It is very moving and taken quite seriously.
There's a Paris, IL where my sister lived and now some of her family still lives. It is a southern Illinois farm town surrounded by soy and corn fields and across the Wabash from Terre Haute. When we went to my sister's funeral, my husband was suffering culture shock.
I think he has although he still talks about it. He wanted to see the countryside, so we drove north to the next town where he had enough of seeing fields of genetically modified soy and corn.
As a sales rep, my territory included Peace and Freedom. It was always a treat to call the kids and say “I’m at Peace.”
Very nice, Citizen! There's a sign in Virginia on my way to my sister's house saying Paris was only five miles away...imagine!
I grew up in MD and raised my family in VA but I actually moved to the Paris France two years ago. Some of my ancestry hailed from Eastport Maine !
You may know, the govt / municipal buildings and the schools - have Liberté Egalité Fraternité plaques prominently displayed if not carved into the stone. Just thought of this: there’s likely no need to preference town names when the ethos of the country is so well communicated dating from revolutionary times…
Paris VA is a quaint little town! Had to say that.
I agree that with another commenter about the need for the humanities but also solid courses on the history of our country without erasure of uncomfortable truths.
The French Revolution is not forgotten here by virtue of the signs and much more.
I love Paris and Normandy on the coast. We have been invited to take part in ceremonies for a small Normandy town called Dieppe to commemorate the British, Canadian and US soldiers who fought the Nazis there on August 28, 1942, (before D-Day landings). Every year they have a ceremony and the students give speeches about The Duty To Remember the bravery and the sacrifice of those who tried to free French citizens from Nazi occupation. It is very moving and taken quite seriously.
What a wonderfully rounded life you've had, Andrea. It makes the acceptance of someone else's way of life so much easier, IMO.
There's a Paris, IL where my sister lived and now some of her family still lives. It is a southern Illinois farm town surrounded by soy and corn fields and across the Wabash from Terre Haute. When we went to my sister's funeral, my husband was suffering culture shock.
Oh, my goodness, Michele. Hope he has recovered!
I think he has although he still talks about it. He wanted to see the countryside, so we drove north to the next town where he had enough of seeing fields of genetically modified soy and corn.
LOL, I think!