Nous sommes tous Américains American oak tree at the Jardin du Luxembourg
Posted by CD • 01/25/12 • 6:17pm
Carl Davaz
"We are all Americans" wrote Jean-Marie Colombani in LeMonde on Sept. 13, 2001, after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11.
In 2002, a tree was planted at the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris to honor the victims. It's our favorite park in Paris and over the years since then we've stopped by to make a simple picture or two.
This is the inscription on the plaque next to the tree:
"This American oak is dedicated to the memory of the victims of September 11, 2001 in the United States of America.
Gift of the American community in Paris as a symbol of Franco-American friendship planted on January 30, 2002
by M. Christian Poncelet, President of the French Senate in the presence of
The Honorable Howard Leach, Ambassador of the United States of America to France,
Princesse de la Tour d'Auvergne, President of French Heritage Society/FVMF
Mr. Paul Girod, President of the French-American Friendship Committee of the French Senate"
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