"France and the United States have always been very close, and this revives the friendship." "I think it's always been there," Carrell said. But as was the case in the wake of previous terrorist attacks, there have been stories of courage and resiliency and love. It's hard to find silver linings in something as horrific as what played out in Paris.
My family called me and said they're safe, but they're trying not to change their way of life, not to give into the terrorists. "Of course it upsets me very much," she said. Like everyone else, she has been following the news from Paris. Augustine, a city with a French massacre at the heart of its 450-year story. When Carrell was awarded France's Legion of Honor Medal in 2002, former Congressman Charles Bennett called her a "priceless asset to both our country and France."Ĭarrell, 93, now lives in St. Along with Robert Duss, a local attorney, she founded Alliance Francaise de Jacksonville more than 50 years ago.Īlliance Francaise is a non-profit - and non-political - organization with independent groups around the country striving to encourage knowledge of the French language and foster exchanges between the United States and France. She founded the Congress of French Culture, an annual French competition for Florida high school students. She started the French department at Jacksonville University and taught there for 35 years. Her dual affections led to decades of French connections. She immediately fell in love with his home but never stopped loving hers.
They married and, after the war, moved back to his native Jacksonville. Some in Florida have been saying this for years, in no small part because of Suzanne Carrell.Ĭarrell, a French native, met a U.S. In the past week, President Obama and candidates to become the next president have referred to France as "our oldest ally." And the American people have said (at times literally): "Vive la France!" presidential candidates has weighed in on it - but a relationship dating back to the American Revolutionary War already was on the mend. In the years since, the debate about Iraq hasn't exactly disappeared on either side of the Atlantic - another round of U.S. In a long and sometimes stormy relationship, this 21st century backlash stemmed from what happened in 2003: France decided not to support the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, saying it could have incalculable consequences, fragmenting a fragile region and nurturing terrorism. It wasn't all that long ago that Congress was ordering its cafeteria to rename French fries and French's Mustard was issuing a news release assuring customers that "the only thing French about French's Mustard is the name" and presidential candidates were careful to avoid making what was considered a campaign faux pas - saying anything mildly complimentary about France. Yes, we're a long way from the days of freedom fries. A reader wrote a letter to this paper, upset that the White House wasn't bathed in blue, white and red. The displays of symbolic support reached the point where there was criticism for not doing something.
The spire on One World Trade Center glowed with the colors of the French flag. Millions of Americans changed their Facebook profile photos, covering their faces with blue, white and red stripes.
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