In this is the first walking tour of our America 250 The American Revolution in Paris series.
From Autueil to the Champs Elysées
This walk begins in the quiet residential streets of Auteuil, where John Adams and his family lived in 1784–85, and where his neighbor—the brilliant, unconventional Madame Helvétius—kept a salon that Benjamin Franklin adored. From Passy and Square Yorktown to Place d’Iéna and Square Rochambeau, we follow the traces of Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson as we move through some of Paris’s most magnificent streets.
About the guide:
Mary Jo Padgett has been leading American Revolution history walks and lectures in Paris since 2013, with programs presented through the American Library in Paris, the American Embassy, and WICE.
