Thread by @Ph_Etienne

Glad to be spending a few days in Kansas and Missouri to broaden 🇫🇷🇺🇸 partnership in the Midwest. Here are just a few highlights ⤵️

Go Jayhawks! I had the pleasure of meeting with the French Dept at the @UnivOfKansas–the newest #Midwest member of the Embassy's Centers of Excellence network. A delightful morning with talented faculty who work with bright students on a beautiful campus.

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub The National WWI Museum and Memorial (@TheWWImuseum) in Kansas City is a moving testament to our shared history in the Great War. It is built on a century of cooperation and holds an extensive collection. Thank you Matthew Naylor for taking me around.

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub @TheWWImuseum @FranceinChicago A beautiful moment to bestow the Legion of Honor to a hero like 97-year-old Second World War veteran Richard Yunghans. We celebrate those who fought for our shared freedom and values on the battlefield and who carried those values through the rest of their lives.

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub @TheWWImuseum @FranceinChicago Merci @MayorLucasKC for making me feel at home in the Paris of the Plains. A pleasure to discuss economy and education, and I repeat my sincerest congratulations on the @Chiefs victory!

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub @TheWWImuseum @FranceinChicago @MayorLucasKC @Chiefs There's no place like Kansas...
Thank you @LtGovToland for meeting with me at the State Capitol to discuss our dynamic economic and educational cooperations, as well as a shared history and heritage that we preserve together.

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub @TheWWImuseum @FranceinChicago @MayorLucasKC @Chiefs Fort de Cavagnial was an early French trading post and the first European settlement in Kansas where traders and soldiers exchanged with Kansa and other western tribes.

Despite its French name, it has a strong American history and served as a stopping point for Lewis and Clark.

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub @TheWWImuseum @FranceinChicago @MayorLucasKC @Chiefs Multi-campus French immersion school @LafayetteKC is one of the biggest and most successful bilingual schools in 🇺🇸 and a shining example of representation of French education and language abroad. Merci, dear Elimane Mbengue, for your stewardship of this institution.

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub @TheWWImuseum @FranceinChicago @MayorLucasKC @Chiefs @LafayetteKC Meeting at the Missouri State Capitol with @GovParsonMO. Thank you, Gov. Parson, for taking the time to speak on our shared history and ever-growing cultural and business ties.

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub @TheWWImuseum @FranceinChicago @MayorLucasKC @Chiefs @LafayetteKC @GovParsonMO Thank you to @saintlouismayor Jones for speaking with me. It was an absolute pleasure to thank you in person for your personal engagement for Josephine Baker's Panthéonisation–a pivotal moment for the relationship between France and St. Louis.

@UnivOfKansas @franceintheus @francediplo_EN @francediplo @KU_FFIT @KUStudyAbroad @LtGovToland @GovLauraKelly @KUCollege @kufrenchclub @TheWWImuseum @FranceinChicago @MayorLucasKC @Chiefs @LafayetteKC @GovParsonMO @saintlouismayor The @bioMerieuxUSA site in Hazelwood, Missouri ensures safety and patient health through their work that detects and prevents the spread of disease and contamination. The important work of this team is just one example of French excellency abroad.