Twelve million Americans speak French. But who are they? And what is their experience? These are the questions asked by Kathleen Stein-Smith and Fabrice Jaumont, champions of the French language in ...

France-Amérique: French culture in the United Sates is usually associated with Louisiana rather than with Alabama. When did the French arrive in what is now Alabama? Steve Murray: Mobile predates New ...

In its most recent annual report, the department of economic affairs at the embassy of France in Washington D.C. offers a detailed review of the footprint of French companies in the United States: – ...

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France-Amérique: The Americans worship their Constitution, yet the French do not. Which of the two is right? Alain Juppé: The relationship with the Constitution is vastly different on either side of ...

Juliette Gréco and Miles Davis in Paris, May 1949. © Jean-Philippe Charbonnier/Rapho Juliette Gréco was 22, the muse of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, when she set eyes ...

Eugene Bullard in his French aviator uniform, Paris, July 4, 1917. © Agence Rol/Bibliothèque nationale de France At the French War Veterans’ section of Flushing ...

The Great Cat Massacre on the Rue Saint-Séverin was, in the words of the perpetrators, “the funniest thing that ever happened at Jacques Vincent’s printing works.” The episode took place in the Latin ...

Assigned to the French Army, the 369 th Infantry Regiment was often placed on the frontline for the bloodiest battles, and was the American military unit that spent the most time in combat during ...

Now a go-to trope for American Francophobes, the 1940 surrender resurfaces with every new diplomatic quarrel between our two countries. It has even become the basis for a number of jokes. “How do you ...

Spending a year in New York City to conquer America was the challenge accepted by the three founders of French start-up Yuka, who moved to Brooklyn a few months ago.“We gave ourselves a year to test ...

A gathering of Camargue gardians in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. © Christophe Tanière Seen from the top of the battlement-ringed tower of its Roman church, the village ...