{"id":219,"date":"2023-02-09T21:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T02:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2024-11-23T12:56:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T17:56:37","slug":"2014-15","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/honfleurburlington.org\/fr\/2014-15\/","title":{"rendered":"2014-15"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Shelburne Boy Scout Troop 602<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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by Brian Mick, assistant scoutmaster<\/em><\/p>

On April 20, 2014, members of Shelburne\u2019s Boy Scout Troop 602 stepped off the plane and squinted into the bright morning glare. After an overnight flight from cloudy Vermont, bright sunshine was the last thing we expected to see.<\/p>

Our arrival at Charles de Gaulle airport was the beginning of a week-long tour of historical and memorial sites in England and France. After getting our baggage and clearing customs, we congratulated ourselves for successfully flying across the Atlantic, many of us for the first time.<\/p>

[The troop visited London, then] took the Eurostar back to Paris and\u2014not without difficulty\u2014rented four vans to drive our crew to Honfleur, France, the sister city of Burlington, Vermont; Samuel de Champlain sailed from this port to the New World many times four hundred years ago.<\/p>

We visited the local middle school and were greeted enthusiastically by the students. Whispers of Ils sont les am\u00e9ricains<\/em> (\u201cThey are the Americans\u201d) could be heard from the students packing the hallways to see us. Our scouts overcame the language barrier and used whatever means necessary\u2014English, French, and gestures\u2014to communicate and become friends with the French students. By the end of the baseball game we played, our scouts and the students were completely intermingled.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The 70th Anniversary Camporee was based out of a campground near Omaha Beach, where the U.S. first and 29th Infantry Divisions came ashore on June 6, 1944. The scouts attended an ecumenical service at the Bayeux Cathedral, where a recently cast \u201cLiberty Bell\u201d was unveiled. Troop 602 visited Saint-M\u00e8re-Eglise where the 82nd Airborne landed and also visited Utah Beach, another American landing site.<\/p>\n

The next morning we made our way to the American Cemetery at Normandy to mark the anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Troop 602 held a small, poignant ceremony near the grave of a fallen Vermonter. The ten scouts read the names of 310 veterans that they had collected over the past year, including all the veterans from Shelburne since World War II. We left our small event for the official closing ceremony, where the troop\u2019s bugler had the honor to close with Taps.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Troop 602 had spent a year fundraising for this trip. The funds paid for all the food, lodging, and much of the travel expenses for all the scouts. This trip would not have been possible without the generous support of the town of Shelburne, local businesses, and residents. We are grateful for your contribution to scouting and to a trip that will forever remain in the memory of the scouts. Thank you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Tale of Two Arts Cities<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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On June 18-28, 2015, a group of Burlingtonians visited Honfleur, on a trip sponsored by Burlington City Arts and led by Dana vanderHeyden. This \u201cTale of Two Arts Cities\u201d trip, with nineteen travelers, was a friendly visit to emphasize the arts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The group attended the mayor\u2019s annual community dinner at the historic Grenier \u00e0 Sel, hosted by Mayor Michel Lamarre; and the opening for an exhibition of works by Vermont artist Sabra Field in Salle Carnot. They visited Mont-Saint-Michel, the Normandy Invasion beaches, and the historic Ferme St. Sim\u00e9on, where noted certain Impressionist painters, including Claude Monet, formerly resided.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Accompanied by elected officials, the group also attended the inauguration of \u201cBurlington Square\u201d and \u201cQuartier du Vermont\u201d on the city\u2019s outskirts:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In October 2015 in Paris, Marc and Dana vanderHeyden met with Pierre Jan, of the Comit\u00e9 de Jumelage. They agreed to press for an official Sister City connection between Honfleur and Burlington.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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