
MILITARY REMEMBRANCE, FRANCE 2010
By Jane Rosenstein Veterans Today Paris Bureau
In Paris, where I live, we do not celebrate Veterans Day, but each year on November 11th, we celebrate Armistice Day to commemorate the end of World War I on November 11, 1920. The President of France and other government officials lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier located at the Arc de Triomphe.
There is a vigil at 9 p.m. November 11th is a bank holiday so banks, post offices and many businesses are closed. This year it is on a Thursday so many people also take off Friday as a vacation. The idea of Armistice Day is to remember those soldiers who were injured or killed in World War 1.




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