There are numerous reminders of the French-American friendship throughout Paris: Avenue du President Kennedy, the Metro stop Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the miniature version of the Statue of Liberty in the middle of the Seine.
Near the Musee d'Orsay, there is a striking statue of Thomas Jefferson. But who knew that Mr. Jefferson had such a flair for fashion, especially in the form of a red feather boa?
Jeffrey H. Jackson is Associate Professor of History at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the author of Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris (2003) and the co-editor of Music and History: Bridging the Disciplines (2005). For more information, visit http://jeffreyhjackson.blogspot.com
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