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8.31pm, November 11, 2024
This Monday, November 11, the Armistice of 1918 was commemorated everywhere in France, from small towns to large cities including Strasbourg where the memory of soldiers who died in combat is honored. “Honoring their memory means listening to what they still tell us today,” said Jacques Witkowski.
France commemorates the end of the First. In Paris, Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer presided over the 106th anniversary of the First World War armistice on the Champs Élysées. The opportunity to lay wreaths of flowers under the statues of Clemenceau and Churchill, but also to evoke tensions by providing their unwavering support for Ukraine. Paris is not the only one to commemorate this day, small towns and large cities like Strasbourg also honor the memory of the soldiers who fell for France.
Strasbourg pays tribute
The ceremony took place at 11 a.m. on the Place de la République where the troops raised the flags in front of a hundred Strasbourg residents. “To know that before us, our ancestors were able to be called to war and that thanks to them, today, thanks to this sacrifice, we have this country, these values and these educational opportunities. And that is important “, explains Emmanuelle, mother of two children in Strasbourg.
Reviewing the troops, reading letters from poilus and laying wreaths, the prefect of the Grand Ouest and Bas-Rhin, Jacques Witkowski, pays tribute to all those who died for France. “To honor their memory is to listen to what they still tell us today, at a time when the tragedy of war is returning to Europe, those of 1914 and those of all wars whisper to us to continue to defend peace,” he said.
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