article_snippet.sent: L'Hermione, with three sail masts and bright royal blue and gold markings, is a painstaking replica of an 18th century French frigate that fought with the United States' founding fathers in the Revolutionary War.
article_snippet.sent: In 1780, the original Hermione was assigned to a French nobleman, who fought as a general in George Washington's army against the British.
article_snippet.sent: L'Hermione coppered bottom was an innovation that made L'Hermione cut faster through the waters.
article_snippet.sent: L'Hermione is a luminous episode of our history.
article_snippet.sent: L'Hermione is a champion of universal values, freedom, courage and of the friendship between France and the United States," French President Francois Hollande said in a speech.
article_snippet.sent: L'Hermione will ply across the Atlantic for 27 days en route to Yorktown, Virginia, where L'Hermione plans to arrive in early June.
article_snippet.sent: After that, L'Hermione will show L'Hermione off in 12 ports along the East Coast.
article_snippet.sent: L'Hermione should be in New York City for the Fourth of July, possibly sharing Independence Day fireworks with the Statue of Liberty.
highlights_snippet.sent: L'Hermione is a painstaking replica of an 18th century ship of the same name .
  