No pictures of Gene Kelly dancing his way through Paris to a George Gershwin tune, just locales where Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Thomas Paine hung out:
Rochambeau, commander of
the French Expeditionary
Force, helped Washington,
Hamilton, and Lafayette win
the battle of Yorktown.
He lived at this location
when King Louis XVI put
him in charge.
Nothing to do with the
American Revolution, the
Montparnasse Tower has
been called the "Shame of
Paris." That sobriquet is
NOT a compliment!
The Father of the American
Navy died here in Paris in
1792. After leaving the
American Navy, he joined
the Russian Navy, eventually
retiring to Paris, dying two
years later at age 45.
Famous for saying, when
a naval battle was going
poorly, "I have not yet
begun to fight," JPJ
rallied his sailors for a
comeback victory.
Thomas Paine: "English by
birth, adopted America as his
country, French by decree."
He was jailed in Paris in 1793
during the French Revolution.
The location of the signing of
the Treaty of Paris, which
officially ended the American
Revolutionary War was signed
here in. . .well, Paris.
The address is 56 Rue Jacob.
The rear facade of this building
was the inspiration for some of
Thomas Jefferson's reworking
of Monticello.
The back gate to the Museum
of the Legion of Honor.
Jefferson stood and sketched
the back of the Musee of
the Legion of Honor building.
The Jefferson statue in Paris.
The statue holds a Jefferson
sketch of the building.
Cool thing I've done a few times -- take guests to Monticello. When the house tour is done and you walk out to the back, ask your guests if they've ever seen that before. There's a good chance "Maybe," "No," "Not sure" will be their answers. Pull a nickel out of your pocket, hold the back of the nickel up in between them and the back of the house, and watch it dawn on them! (Best if you have the nickel in an easy to reach spot and it's not the 2004-05 nickels, as they do not have Monticello on the back.
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