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Philanthropist and
author Jean Shafiroff hosted a Bastille Day Luncheon for
close friends on Thursday, July 14th, 2016 at Le
Cirque Restaurant in New York to honor the French national
holiday, Bastille Day. This holiday celebrates the unity of
the French people after the Storming of the Bastille prison
in Paris, France in 1789.
Jean Shafiroff, a
board member of the French Heritage Society in New York
City, spoke passionately against the Paris terror attacks
that occurred on November 13, 2015. Moments after her
luncheon, there would be another terrorist attack this time
in Nice, France. On
an annual day of celebration, when French people should feel
proud and unified, fear rippled through the country after
the tragedy.
Last year, on
Sunday, November 15, 2015, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney
and Jean Shafiroff co-hosted a candle light vigil to a
packed room of supporters. French-Americans living in New
York City commemorated
the victims who lost their lives after a terrorist attack in
Paris in November of 2015.
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