tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post5073559251495703280..comments2023-05-22T08:11:05.784-04:00Comments on A Valdese Blog: Anybody up for some written French?A Valdese Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02303901517157716136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post-51635211227288509032010-11-15T19:42:08.983-05:002010-11-15T19:42:08.983-05:00Bianca: Thank you, this is very interesting. App...Bianca: Thank you, this is very interesting. Apparently I was a few years off in estimating the age of the card, but it's still quite old. I'm amazed you could read the writing. Thanks again!A Valdese Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02303901517157716136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4204581716107004836.post-83995015209140927552010-11-14T14:59:12.728-05:002010-11-14T14:59:12.728-05:00hi... here is a rough translation. there were two...hi... here is a rough translation. there were two words i could not make out but think i managed to handle their "gist." <br /><br />"I’ve been asked to say a word about America. How can you summarize America with just a few words? I am going to settle for sharing a memory [an anecdote]. On September 8, in Paris, I had the good fortune to meet three famous Americans, in succession: former ambassador Robert Bacon, the current ambassador Myron Herrick, and his designated successor Mr. Sharp. America does things right... and during the Battle of the Marne, America was well represented (acquitted herself well) – illegible:illegible - When Mr. Myron Herrick left us a few weeks afterward, Paris showed him her gratitude for his remarkable gestures of friendship. France will always make a praiseworthy welcome to the Ambassadors of the United States of America. When Paris is festive, they send us one ambassador... but when the city is threatened with a barbarian invasion, they send us three!"<br /><br /><br />apparently, herrick was quite the hero within the ambassadorial community -- he did not leave the city to follow the parisian govt to bordeaux but stayed (the only embassy to do so) and "planted" various americans throughout the city, in museums and other important places, hoping that respect/fear of americans would keep the invaders from looting the french patrimoine...Bianca Castafiore?https://www.blogger.com/profile/07088130255223709497noreply@blogger.com