(Reprinted to Blog from email list of 7/9/05) *** Bob’s Insider’s Message *** In 1871 France was crushed and humiliated in the Franco-Prussian War. Germany took the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, which were German-speaking areas France had conquered centuries earlier. In Paris there was a government museum with a statue representing each of the … Continue reading 7/9/05 Insider Letter