“The free world needed each of you and you responded”: during a Franco-American ceremony organized on Thursday, June 6, as part of the commemoration 80th anniversary of the Landing, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to the American veterans present on that occasion.
“You came here, so here you are forever at home on French soil and we do not forget,” added the President of the Republic, according to the comments she transmitted BFMTV.
Organized at the American cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer (Calvados), in the presence of American President Joe Biden, at this ceremony the head of state presented the Legion of Honor to 11 American veterans who carried weapons during Day D, on June 6, 1944, as reported by a news channel.
Looking at the “modest white tombs” of the American cemetery “one of the most moving places in France”, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to “the greatness of a people ready to die on a land that is not theirs”.
Franco-British commemorations. A few hours earlier, a Franco-British ceremony was held in Ver-sur-Mer (Calvados), at the monument to British soldiers.
Attending these commemorations, King Charles III expressed his “very deep gratitude” to the soldiers “who never came home,” according to the statement. French blue.
Speaking the language of Molière, and in the name United Kingdom, greeted the sovereign and the French resistance fighters.
“We will never fail to honor the incredible sacrifice of men and women french resistance as well as numerous civilians who provided vital intelligence, sabotaged supply and communications and set up key ambushes,” he said.