• 5:30-6:45pm - Open Free Discussion (OFD) : we invite those of you with a good level of English to join us for this lively exchange of Franco-American culture & language facilitated by native English speakers.
• 7pm-8:30pm - It's our Monthly presentation: Come watch a historical film that explores « La Fayette's role in American Independence » followed by a discussion with Pierre THEBAUD, President of l'Association « La Victoire-Lafayette ».
Married to Adrienne, daughter of the Duke of Ayen, the young Marquis had a promising future in the Royal Army. However, he was receptive to Rousseau's ideas, and his friend Baron de Kalb told him about the struggle being waged by the insurgents in America. Then came the famous dinner in Metz, where he was stationed. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester—brother of King George III of England—arrived as a guest of Marshal de Broglie and the Marquis's colonel. That was the turning point: hearing the Duke of Gloucester speak of the fight for American liberty for the first time, he resolved to join the cause...
