The Tour de France and more

The Tour de France is under way! It is scheduled to last until September 20th.

It has been descirbed as “the world’s most prestigious and most difficult bicycle race…that attracts the world’s best riders” by the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Whether you are along the route or watching it on television, the arduousness of the race may cause you to binge every day for several weeks!

But this is not all there is about the Tour - it is also a great way to discover regions of France and the Tour’s official site gives a wealth of information about the important tourist spots along the way.

To celebrate the Tour, Chef Matt Cockrell of Brasserie Liberté has created special dishes from the Lyon, Toulouse, and Nice regions such as Coq Au Vin, Toulouse Sausage and Les Petits Farcis.

The 107th Tour de France had been postponed for two months due to the pandemic and many precautions are being taken and will be enforced as cancelling the Tour would have been unimaginable! Yet, if one of the cyclist tests positive for the virus, the Tour will be immediately cancelled and the leader on that day will become the winner of the Tour...so this makes each day count as it could be the last one!

You can find information on where and how to watch the Tour on VeloNews.

A Tour des Restaurants Français

And why not create your own Tour des Restaurants Français while we try to get back to normal?

You can find the list of our DC area French Restaurants on website Partners’ page.

Check out their menus and discover the various tastes of the French regions.

Recognizing the Friends of the Comité Tricolore

We wish to better express our deep gratitude to our donors. We will publish the names of those whose gift is an essential support to our mission in our annual report and on our website.

If you would like your gift to remain anonymous, please let us know.

We have created 4 levels of Friends of the Comité Tricolore:

Every gift counts, no matter its size!

You can also help us by attending our events, sharing our communications, encouraging friends to register for our Newsletter, donating in kind…

We thank you again for your support and hope to be able to see you soon at our events!

About the French “AmCham” ?

The American Chamber of Commerce in France is the oldest “AmCham” in the world and was founded in 1894 by eleven American businessmen living in Paris.

It is also a ’think tank’ for trade issues and to promote transatlantic economic relations and trade issues with the more than 4.000 U.S. companies present in France.

In Washington, the French American Chamber of Commerce is instrumental in connecting the French-American business community and, during this pandemic, has been very active with many creative, useful and entertaining activities.

Follow them on Facebook @FACCWDC and check our Agenda for what they have planned for September.

Stay Tuned!

Stay Tuned for all the events coming up in September

Our members are coming back! Follow them on our website to see the upcoming events in listed in our Agenda.

Stay Tuned for our video mini-series interviews on Facebook

Follow us on Facebook @ComiteTricolore.org for up-to-date information on our programs and projects and to meet our DC area French Chefs through our mini-series video interviews.