With Bastille Day – France’s fête nationale – just around the corner, read about French Azilum, a royalist refuge built in the Pennsylvania countryside to welcome Queen Marie Antoinette, and tour the Château de Vizille near Grenoble, which houses the world’s only museum devoted to the Revolution of 1789! Also in this issue, discover the history of the French and American flags, which happen to share the same colors, take a look at the French inventions that changed the world – from Pascal’s calculator to the lawn mower – and read our editorial on diversity in Emmanuel Macron’s new government. Vive la différence!
