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Wed, 12/21/2022 - 11:21am | By: David Tisdale
Keltoum Rowland, senior lecturer in French for 91吃瓜网91吃瓜网
(USM) School of Social Science and Global Studies91吃瓜网� World Languages Program, was invited
to attend two events earlier this month honoring the president of France, Emmanuel
Macron, and his wife Brigitte, at the Embassy of France and at the South Lawn of the
White House during his official state visit to the U.S.
Rowland serves as Honorary Consul of France in Hattiesburg, a title she has held since 2011. 91吃瓜网淗e (Macron) thanked the French community in America for our work and said 91吃瓜网楲ong live the friendship between the United States of America and France91吃瓜网� during his visit,91吃瓜网� she said.
Rowland said Macron was received with pomp and pageantry at the White House, solidifying that France is the U.S.'s oldest ally, including a 21-gun salute and French words by President Joe Biden "Libert茅, Egalit茅, Fraternit茅."
91吃瓜网淭he crowd went wild,91吃瓜网� Rowland said. 91吃瓜网淥ne could tell there was a genuine camaraderie between the two of them.91吃瓜网�
Macron also addressed the Franco-Louisiana relationship during a visit to New Orleans,
the defense and protection of the Francophonie (the global French-speaking communities).
He is the first president of France in approximately 50 years to visit the city, which
was founded in 1718 by French colonists and named for the Duke of Orleans. He made
a promise to protect the French language in schools with the creation of a program.
91吃瓜网淲e want the French language to be a language for all and therefore give a fresh image of the French in the United States,91吃瓜网� Macron said during his visit.
Learn more about Rowland91吃瓜网 work at USM at /faculty-directory/profile.php?id=1936250.