BEAUNE 2016
In September, 2016, Beaune dedicated the museum of Franco-American Friendship on the site of the American camp during World War I. In attendance were Paul Day, Denis Toner, U.S. Ambassador Jane Hartley, Beaune Mayor Alain Suguenot, Quincy Steele, and Pierre Bolze
And in October, 2016, a delegation of Nantucketers visited Beaune to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the charter formalizing the twinning of Nantucket and Beaune. The celebration included:
...Christine Flynn...
...Jerry Kirkegaard, Candice Miller, Peggy Kirkegaard, and Ed Bernard...
...Mark Donato and Beth English...
...Eugénie Weiss and Mark Donato...
...Elizabeth and David Wetherell...
...Lindy Roethlisberger and Tom Kershaw...
Philippe Senard and Beth English
...Jeanne Geddes...
...Frederic Drouhin...
...Pierre Bolze, Alain Suguenot, and Denis Toner...
the Walsh family and friends...
...and Denis tried to greet as many of our guests as he could....
and opened a few good bottles.
The Nantucket group visited sculptor Paul Davis in his studio, to look at the maquette of the proposed statue.
And we also visited Clos Vougeot
and Domaine Faiveley, with Bernard Hervet (right)
The Hospices de Beaune Hôtel-Dieu
The Abbaye de La Bussière
the Bistrot Bourguignon
the Beaune Saturday market
Beaune's Cathedral, Notre Dame
.....Pierre Bolze and Stéphanie di Palma, Mark Donato and Beth English.....