Chapter 97

“Aux Grands Hommes La Patrie Reconnaissante”

Aiyana earned a laugh from Chris as she tried to pronounce the words.

“What?”

“It’s cute watching you try to read French. That’s all.”

“So what does it mean?”

“Well do you see the figure of the man in the middle of the pediment? The one handing out a laurel wreath on each side?”

“Yes…”

“Well, France is referred to as the Fatherland. And that is the portrayal of the fatherland crowning the heroic … so under it would be?”

“It means the France paying homage to the great people of France?”

“Exactly! It means for the great men from the grateful homeland…”

Aiyana and Chris walked inside the Pantheon looking up at the dome as Chris dug into another history lesson like he did the previous day.