A man dressed as ‘Uncle Sam’ walks up 5th Avenue during the 102nd annual Veterans Day Parade in New York City, New York on November 11, 2021. Credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP This tall man with a white beard, a top hat and a suit in the colors of the flag – blue white … Read more
For this season 3 of Read me a story libraries and media libraries are mobilizing. On the program: adventure of course, friendship, suspense, but also love. Boutique Tic Tic, by Frédéric Clément, it is the wonderful story of Monsieur Madeleine, an old traveler and bargain-hunter who decides, to lighten his house, to open a shop … Read more
It is not the best known state, nor the easiest to locate, but it is a historically important state. Head to Maryland. It is in this little-known state that the American national anthem was born. At the time, we are in full Anglo-American War also called “War of 1812” or “Second War of Independence”. The … Read more
It was in 1919 that the Volstead Act, legislation that prohibits the distribution and sale of any alcohol over 0.5 degrees (the bass is therefore quite low), apart from a few rare exceptions such as church wine. Prior to the enactment of this legislation, there were already 13 so-called “dry states”, which prohibited the consumption … Read more
Drug traffickers have made the port of Le Havre the first gateway to mainland France to transport cocaine from South America. On site, they can count on well-organized intermediaries in order to get the white gold out of the containers for the benefit of their networks. People are needed to prepare false papers, provide weapons, … Read more
It seems completely improbable and even downright impossible since the very first Marvel movie, Iron Man was released in 2008, 25 years after the death of the favorite French comic. And yet, yes, Louis De Funès did appear in a superhero film, Captain America: The Winter Soldier.You may have seen it and yet I’m pretty … Read more
Edward Hopper has an impressive ability to draw us into everyday scenes, seemingly harmless, which tell a melancholic face of America. The painter, one of the best known American artists. has beautifully told the United States, especially New York, and more generally the loneliness of big cities. His most famous painting is undoubtedly Nighthawks. Three … Read more
As the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, kicked off on Monday January 16, find out why a leather suitcase has made tennis history. The story does not take place in Australia but in Boston, in the United States, in 1923. Two men are strolling in a street when the youngest … Read more
As of this week, the red paper stamp no longer exists and is controversial. But did you know that a beautiful love story is at the origin of the creation of the stamp We are in 1837, Sir Rowland Hill is sitting in an inn in the north of England where he has lunch. He … Read more
America of the great outdoors, of the Mormons and the Amish. With its three million inhabitants, Utah is one of the least populated regions of the country, albeit Valley of Monuments, immortalized by The fantastic ride with John Wayne, and located on the border with Arizona, it is one of the most evocative American symbols.Utah, … Read more