Frenchtown Confidential

Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.

Showing posts with label Pershing Square. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pershing Square. Show all posts
Monday, May 28, 2018

Memorial Day Special Edition: French Angelenos in World War One

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"War is the business of the French, and they do it very well."                                                                ...
Saturday, September 30, 2017

We're Still Here, Part 5: The Natural History Museum

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It may seem odd to some of my readers that the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County  would have, let alone display, anything relate...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

He Built This City: Mayor Prudent Beaudry

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Possessing boundless energy, exceptional business sagacity and foresight, Prudent Beaudry amassed five fortunes and lost four in his vent...
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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Emergency Edition: Doughboy in Danger! Tell Everyone!

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Just last month, I wrote about Humberto Pedretti's Doughboy statue - the World War I memorial anchoring Pershing Square. (Or what passe...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Memorial Day Special Edition: The Doughboy

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This is, obviously, a pretty new blog covering a complex subject: the history of Southern California's forgotten French community. I o...
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C.C. de Vere
I'm a native Angeleno and my primary ethnicity is French. Searching for my own roots led me to discover a long-ignored French community in my native Southern California. Now I'm telling its stories.
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