FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION
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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO FACILITATE CULTURAL EXCHANGES LINKING FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES THROUGH ARTISTIC, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHERWISE CULTURAL EVENTS PERTINENT TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

TO FACILITATE CULTURAL EXCHANGES THROUGH CULTURAL EVENTS LINKING FRANCE AND THE U.S.

THE FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION CONTINUED ITS WORK TO STRENGTHEN CULTURAL TIES BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES IN 2017 THROUGH ITS SUPPORT OF A NUMBER OF VARIED PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.MARCH 28 2017TOULOUSE-LAUTREC: AN EVENING OF ART AND CABARETAT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION, THE FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION CELEBRATED THE ART OF TOULOUS-LAUTREC. FOLLOWING A PRIVATE TOUR OF THE AMAZING WORKS OF THIS ICONIC ARTIST, GUESTS GATHERED FOR A CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL AND A GOURMET DINNER IN THE MANSION'S MUSIC ROOM. A FRENCH QUINTET PROVIDED THE MUSIC, PUNCTUATED BY THE SONGS OF PIAF AND TRENET, CAN-CAN DANCERS DELIGHTED GUESTS WITH AN ENERGETIC AND COLORFUL SHOW TO END THE EVENING.NOVEMBER 15 2017WWI SYMPOSIUMTHE FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION AND THE NATIONAL WW1 MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL HOSTED A SYMPOSIUM AND LUNCH AT THE FRENCH EMBASSY'S LA MAISON FRANAISE AS A PART OF THE 1917-2017 WW1 CENTENARY OBSERVANCES MARKING THE U.S. ENTRY INTO THE GREAT WAR. THE THEME OF THE PROGRAM WAS "THE U.S. ENTRY INTO WW1: WAS THERE A CHOICE?" SPEAKERS WERE NATHALIE BROADHURST, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION OF THE EMBASSY OF FRANCE, MATTHEW NAYLOR, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE NATIONAL WWI MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL AND RON MAXWELL, FILMMAKER AND AUTHOR, THE MORNING'S KEYNOTE SPEECH WAS DELIVERED BY JAY WINTER, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY EMERITUS AT YALE UNIVERSITY, WHO SPOKE ON "MAKING UNAVOIDABLE DECISIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF WAR," FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH MICHAEL NIEBERG AND MICHAEL KAZIN, MODERATED BY JENNIFER KEENE. MUSIC FROM THE THE WW1-ERA WAS PRESENTED AT THE LUNCHEON. THE LUNCHEON CONVERSATION, "STUMBLING INTO WW1: WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?" WAS PRESENTED BY HRH PRINCE NIKOLAUS VON LIECHTENSTEIN, WHOSE INSIGHTS AND FAMILY CONNECTIONS GAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE TENSIONS THAT DREW EUROPE AND THE WORLD INTO WAR. THE WELL-ATTENDED EVENT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELVE INTO THE "FORGOTTEN WAR" HONORING THE COURAGE AND BRAVERY OF THE MILLIONS WHO DIED, AND TO EDUCATE A NEW GENERATION ABOUT IT IN ORDER TO AVOID SUCH BLOODSHED IN THE FUTURENOVEMBER 15 2017JAZZ MEETS FRANCEIN COLLABORATION WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE FRENCH-AMERICAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION WAS HONORED TO HOST "JAZZ MEETS FRANCE", A CONCERT CELEBRATING THE LIVES AND MUSIC OF THE WW1 JAZZMEN-SOLDIERS, THE HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS.THE EVENING WAS LAUNCHED WITH A VIDEO WELCOME FROM THE CONCERT'S HONORARY CHAIRMAN, WYNTON MARSALIS, FOLLOWED BY VARIOUS PRESENTATIONS WHICH TOLD THE STORY OF WW1 AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN TROOPS WHO WERE SENT TO FRANCE TO FIGHT, BRINGING WITH THEM AMERICA'S UNIQUE SOUND OF JAZZ. THE EVENING'S MUSIC WAS PROVIDED BY THE US AIR FORCE'S "AIRMEN OF NOTE", THE SMITHSONIAN JAZZ MASTERWORKS ORCHESTRA, THE MICHAEL WEISS TRIO PLUS ONE, AND FRANCE'S MASTER OF JAZZ GUITAR, CHRISTIAN ESCOUD. GENE ALEXANDER PETERS, WHO BROUGHT HIS RARE COLLECTION OF WW1 AND JAMES REESE EUROPE MEMORABILIA TO HELPED EDUCATE A NEW GENERATION ABOUT THE HARLEM HELL FIGHTERS AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THEY PLAYED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAZZ AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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