Saint-Paul-d’Espis. It was also a big day for Loïse, 9 years old

As master of ceremonies, Boris Tilmischenko, president of the Deux-Rives section of the Fnam-AC (André-Maginot National Federation of Veterans), entrusted the reading to a young student, Loïse Martinet, a few days before her 9 years.

Like his brother last year

She read the Ufac (French Union of Combatant Associations) text with remarkable confidence, as her brother had done during the two previous editions. “Ufac acts resolutely and with perseverance for peace towards younger generations.” Mayor Lido Marchiol took it upon himself to read the message from the Ministry of the Armed Forces: “It was 106 years ago, in 1918. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, from the mud of Flanders to the Swiss border , the bugles play the notes of the ceasefire The pride of victory is joined by the procession of all these sacrifices that we commemorate today, to which is added, since 2012, that of all the deaths for France.” The “Marseillaise” concluded an anticipated and widely attended ceremony, notably by many children, on Sunday November 10. “It’s quite comforting for everyone, parents and veterans, to see children interested in the duty of memory,” confided a parent of students.