Old and young alike came together in remembrance of the fallen.
The wreath was laid by les Jeunes Sapeurs Pompiers..
The role call of names of the dead came as a stark reminder of the sheer numbers killed from such a small town. Brief speeches were made..
Medals pinned...
and the children sang le Marseillaise...
The solemnity of the occasion was intermittently relieved by the playing of taped music, not always at the right time....It fell to the gentleman at the rear to repeat "arrete! arrete!" on more than one occasion....
which did not go unnoticed.....
We remarked, on leaving, how wonderful it was to see so many young people present - not just the singers, but children and teenagers there for the ceremony....lest they forget.
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That's a good turnout. Preuilly involves the children too, and gives them a meal afterwards, while the adults have apéro in the salle des fetes.
Susan, I suspect that is what happened here, too, but we left at this point as people were going into the Mairie.
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