Ellen Hampton

author, historian

[Les Yvelines @Les_Yvelines]

#CeJourLà ✍️ Reconnaissez-vous cette maison ?

Située à Médan, elle appartenait à l’un des romanciers les plus publiés de son époque: Émile Zola. C’est dans ce « trou charmant » que plusieurs de ses chefs-d'œuvre ont vu le jour, comme "Germinal" ou encore "Au bonheur des dames". 📚

[Katherine de Meaux @kat2mx]

🇨🇵 🌺 "Mardis de la Mémoire" @mairiedu16 donnée par Claude Vigoureux @onacvg pour rendre hommage à Anna Guérin, la Dame aux Coquelicots (The " Poppy Lady"🌺), à la suite du dévoilement de plaque commémorative dédiée au 5,square Charles Dickens, #ParisXVIe.

#LestWeForget 🌺

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

Feels a bit chilling in this fraught context to read that New York is opening a museum to American democracy. 😨

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

#OnThisDay in 1781, the world turned upside down when Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington's army at Yorktown.

Learn more: https://t.co/crGJqHtGEA

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

I liked the other pangram better

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

New podcast out with the delightful Ari Barbalat! #WWII #DoctorsatWar @lsupress #medicalhistory
https://t.co/jOfe8LXUna

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Possibly the most incredible Beethoven Ode to Joy flashmob by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Nuremberg and the Hans-Sachs-Choir in front of the St. Lorenz Church in Nuremberg, Germany.

[📹 Evenord-Bank eG-KG]

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

Excellent analysis with to-the-point historical perspective on political violence by @TimothyDSnyder
https://t.co/ksoJ9eJCu2

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

They were very excited to see French cheese again! #Rochambelles #womeninwwii

[Barbara Diggs @bdiggswrites]

I am downright thrilled to see my story "The Book of Lemons" up at @FictiveDream – a dream of a pub, and a personal dream pub. Thanks Laura, and thanks to my cardio group at @SmokeLong Fitness for helping me polish it up and get it into the world! 🥳

[LSU Press @lsupress]

"An engaging narrative that showcases the moral dilemmas facing French physicians during the Second World War."—@HNet_Reviews on @EllenHampton's book: https://t.co/4r8igVz3TI

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

The newest American in Paris, in bronze that is. Off avenue George V in front of #Hermès, given by Paris-Chicago association. 🇲🇫🇺🇸 #sisterrepublics

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

Great to see the Latin American perspective on WWII 👏👏 #FreeFrench #Argentina #WWII

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

The #Scouts are a source of tremendous pride for all Americans in Paris! They carry the colors at many events. If you're interested in a shorter audio-equipped walking tour, the #DAR Rochambeau Chapter has put this together. You can also listen virtually: https://t.co/kel3jEO9OW

[CBS Saturday Morning @cbssaturday]

In Paris, among all of the history and glamour, there’s a 10.5-mile trail plotted out by Boy Scouts in Paris. It highlights sites of importance to both the French and Americans. @edokeefe takes us along the trail.

[Bob Reid @rhreid]

World War II veterans departing Dallas-Fort Worth airport for Paris to attend ceremonies marking 80th anniversary of D-Day

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

80e anniversaire du D-day: qui étaient les Rochambelles, ces héroïnes de l'ombre qui ont participé à la bataille de Normandie https://t.co/bNMvcViHwN via @BFM_Normandie

[Masoud @linguistMasoud]

I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

Wrote this a while back, but in memory of the Blue Bird it seems like a moment #bluebird #twitterx https://t.co/7mU2SLxQdO

[Ellen Hampton @EllenHampton]

#OTD in 1792, #JohnPaulJones died. Read the incredible story of how his grave in #Paris was lost,
then found, and he was brought home to rest
https://t.co/3LunuWzDTq