Thomas Jefferson ~ May 21, 2016

• Saturday, May 21, 2016
• Day 21 (Day 18 Camino)
• Avignonet-Lauragais
• Distance: 20 miles (5% tarmac) 266 total milesAscent 616 feet and descent 683 feetTime: 9 1/4 hours
• Weather: 50-60 degrees, 20 MPH winds with blue skies

Thomas Jefferson’s tribute along the Canal du Midi. It reads…

13 April 1743 in Shadwell, VA in Virginia 4 July 1826 in Monticello in Virginia

SYMBOL OF THE FRANCO-AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP

AMBASSADOR OF THE USA IN FRANCE 1785-1789

3RD PRESIDENT OF THE USA 1801-180

MAIN AUTHOR OF THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 4 JULY 1776. LOVER OF FRANCE, HE TRAVELLED IN OUR LAND AND PROMOTED IN THE USA OUR ARCHITECTURAL PATRIMONY, OUR LAND, OUR CULTURE, A HUMANIST, HE SHARED OUR VALUES OF LIBERTY, WITH HIS FRIEND LA FAYETTE HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE DRAFT OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION AND THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND OF THE CITIZEN IN 1789.

1789 – 2009
A BRIDGE FOR LIBERTY

220TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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