The Huffington Post, Beth Arnold
Yes We Caen, Alexia de Saint John's, by Beth Arnold, Journalist and award-winning writer, living in Paris.
Posted: June 6, 2009 08:32 AM, The Huffington Post
The Obamas are in France -- a land that loves and admires them, individually and as a couple, for their intelligence, philosophies, and, let's not forget, potent style. Barack and Michelle and the First Couple of France Nicolas and Carla (Bruni) Sarkozy are walking the streets of Normandy, where a good portion of the history of western civilization was formed more than 1,000 years ago. Where William the "Bastard," later known as William the Conqueror, was born, whose Norman Conquest brought Norman-French culture to England, and had an impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages. The details of that impact and the enormity of the changes have been debated by scholars for over a century.
Sixty-five years ago today, along this Norman English Channel, the liberating drama of D-Day shook ravaged France and emboldened the hopes of all Allies.
Normandy is a lush bucolic region north of Paris where,
"Yes We Caen" - Place Colette in Paris (France) - Photo by Beth Arnold
Alexia De Saint John's
"Where there's a will there's a way, and where there's a way there is a will."
