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This category includes articles related to the culture and history of French Americans in Illinois. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The French Colonial Historic District is a historic district that encompasses a major region of 18th-century French colonization in southwestern Illinois. The district is anchored by Fort de Chartres and Fort Kaskaskia , two important French settlements and military posts in what was then the Illinois Country .
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The Alliance Française de Chicago was established in 1897, [1] and is one of the oldest Alliance Française branches in the US. Originally located in the Fine Arts Building on South Michigan Avenue and currently on Dearborn Avenue, it aims to be "Chicago's French cultural and learning center dedicated to the study of French language, cultural exchange, and friendship between Americans and ...
French Americans or Franco-Americans (French: Franco-américains) are citizens or nationals of the United States who identify themselves with having full or partial French or French-Canadian heritage, ethnicity and/or ancestral ties. [2] [3] [4] They include French-Canadian Americans, whose experience and identity differ from the broader community.
[2] [3] There are separate lengthy interpretive essays woven into the alphabetical section on topics such as the built environment, literary images of Chicago, and the city's sports culture. The Encyclopedia includes a 2000-entry comprehensive biographical dictionary and a detailed listing of approximately 250 of the city's historically ...
In the 1960s, it became the property of the French daily, Le Figaro, [1] as a weekly international edition, and became the newspaper of reference for the French community in the United States. [ 2 ] In 2007, France-Amérique adopted a bi-monthly format when it merged with the monthly newspaper Journal Français , which was then the largest ...
French Cultural Studies is a journal which seeks to address key changes that have affected aspects of the study of French culture, language and society in the education system. It aims to provide a forum for a range of work currently being done on French culture. The journal also includes work on the study of literature.