A history class about the places in Paris, France, that are related to America’s Revolutionary War will be held at the Polk County campus of Isothermal Community College, 10 a.m. to noon, beginning Wednesday, Aug. 1.
The three-session course will be held on consecutive Wednesdays through Aug. 15.
This course, “A Walking Guide Through Paris: Discovering American History,” is a Powerpoint presentation that takes students along the streets of Paris to see such places as the home where Benjamin Franklin lived while negotiating French support for the American colonists’ War of Independence. It will also show the grand building where 4,000 Parisians stood to mourn Franklin’s death years later.
Students will discover where Thomas Jefferson bought many of the books that became the first volumes of the young United States’ Library of Congress.
Taught by Mary Jo Padgett, the course is based on a book she acquired and studied while living in Paris. More than 23 locations around the city will be “visited.”
Course and registration information are available on the college website at www.isothermal.edu/learnstuffpolk. Preregistration is recommended.
Get more information from Padgett at 828-697-9557 or maryjo@maryjopadgett.com or phone Kate Barkschat, ICC Polk Center, at 828- 894-3092 x15, or kbarkschat@isothermal.edu.
– article submitted by Mary Jo Padgett