Susan Seal writes: “On October 24, 2025, the government of France made me a Knight in the French Order of Merit. Deputy Consul General Myriam Gil gave me the medal in a beautiful event at Scarsdale Golf Club in Hartsdale, New York, where I live. This is in recognition for the many years I have spent saving a national register site near my home, Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters. It is on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail. This house was the residence of the leader of the French forces in America, the Comte de Rochambeau, for six weeks in 1781 while he met with George Washington. There were 5,000 French soldiers and 4,000 Continental troops camped around the house (some on my front lawn). This has been my ‘retirement’ project since 2010. My husband, David, and I have been married for 55 years and have two daughters and four grandchildren. We have weathered major health crises and managed to have two successful careers. Now we work almost full-time to open the Odell Rochambeau Museum in time for the 250th commemoration of the American Revolution, in 2026.”
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