Orchestrated down to the smallest detail by Jacques Simon, president of the Les Chemins de la liberté association, the memorial day organized on October 1 in Marignac welcomed 95 students from the Saint-Béat-Lez and Vielha colleges, and the Saint-Béat-Lez and Vielha agricultural high school. -Gaudens.
These young people thus had the opportunity, in the morning, to tread the paths of freedom starting from the stele of the Escapees where, in the afternoon, a ceremony took place in the presence of civil and military authorities… Jacques Simon recalled the “sense of effort and the need to engage in actions to protect freedom”. Audrey Méry, deputy mayor, highlighted “the remarkable work carried out by the community of Pyrénées Haut Garonnaises communes in terms of signage and referencing trails to make them accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities”. Maxime Saint-Germes, director of the national office for veterans and victims of war, considered that “the preservation of peace was a common issue that everyone must defend and protect.” At the end of the various interventions, Eugénie Berrocq sang the Marseille. Flag bearers, association presidents and students were warmly thanked by Jacques Simon for their participation in this day dedicated to the Second World War at the foot of the Pyrenees and the escapes.
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