Organized for 18 years by associations, the tribute to victims of terrorism Monday took a more political tone a few months before the presidential election, bringing together in Paris, Francois Hollande and many opposition leaders. Under a light rain, hundreds of people flocked shortly before 9am in the gardens of the Intendant at the Invalides, in […]
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In memory of the liberation of Chateau-Gontier by Leclerc’s division, a Memorial has been installed in Frome square. It will be inaugurated on Sunday afternoon. “The idea is to trace the route of the Leclerc armoured division in August 1944,” explained Vincent Saulnier, deputy mayor of Chateau-Gontier, in charge of managing projects, during the presentation […]
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On Sunday, in Chateaubriant, was the the 73rd Anniversary of the Fusillades de la Sabilere, which is in memory of the tragedy that happened on the 27th October 1941 when 27 men, including Guy Moquet the youngest at just 17 years old were taken from the Camp Chisel in Chateaubriant on the back of trucks […]
Continue ReadingThis email was recently sent to me, so I am publishing it so that it will reach a wider audience. Feel free to copy it and send it on to whoever you wish to. In Memorial It is a matter of history that when Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the […]
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