Frenchtown Confidential
Tales from Los Angeles’ lost French quarter and Southern California’s forgotten French community.
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World War I
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Thursday, July 14, 2022
Bastille Day in Old LA
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On this day in 1789, the French Revolution began. I an pretty open about having a complicated relationship with La Fête Nationale/Bastille D...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
International Women's Day Special Edition: Dr. Kate Brousseau
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I realize this blog doesn't have a strictly linear timeline. Sometimes, one location will have a story spanning centuries; sometimes sev...
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Thursday, January 26, 2017
Georges Le Mesnager: LA's Favorite Fighting Frenchman
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Georges Le Mesnager arrived in California in 1867. He was sixteen years old. In July of 1870, the Franco-Prussian War broke out. Travel ti...
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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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