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11:25 a.m. : Only 1,038 people, including six women, received the title of Companion of the Liberation. Hubert Germain was the last of them.
11:25 a.m. : Emmanuel Macron reviews the troops in front of the Arc de Triomphe. The coffin of Hubert Germain, the last companion of the Liberation, arrives, covered with the blue-white-red flag.
11:13 : Emmanuel Macron is in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the Place de l’Etoile. He joined Prime Minister Jean Castex and Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly. You can follow the ceremony in our live.
11:03 : The President of the Senate Gérard Larcher is present, as well as the former President François Hollande.
11:11 : Hello @KatFor more than 80 years, the blueberry of France has been manufactured and sold each year by the National Office for Veterans and War Victims, in order to financially help war victims, veterans, wards of the Nation and victims of the terrorism, says LCI.
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10:56 a.m. : Hello. Can you recall the symbolism of the BLUEBERRY flower that the President wears in a buttonhole? Thank you
10h58 : Emmanuel Macron arrived near the Petit Palais to lay a wreath in front of the statue of Georges Clémenceau.
10:46 am : Emmanuel Macron must then deliver a speech in which he will pay tribute to Hubert Germain. The president will announce what will become of the Order of Liberation created in November 1940.
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11:12 : The Bir-Hakeim tank has left the Invalides and is heading towards the Champs-Elysée. Accompanied by the escort of the Republican Guard, he will participate in the traditional armistice ceremony, which will be attended by American Vice-President Kamala Harris.
11:12 : During the First World War, some 11 million equines, 100,000 dogs and 200,000 pigeons were recruited into the fights to carry, shoot, watch, rescue, inform … Story with France Culture.
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10:38 : In Oyonnax (Ain), Fafany, 16, will be the flag bearer of the parade in his town. “Carrying this flag is very moving for me. I remember what happened and it warms my heart to pay homage to these people”, she told France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
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10:24 am : Hubert Germain’s coffin is carried by the Republican Guard on the Bir-Hakeim tank.
10:07 : The ceremonies commemorating the Armistice of 1918 and the tribute to Hubert Germain begin. You can follow them in our direct.
09:58 : “It was not easy to find a husband. We had to take what there was. We could not choose, there were only the severely disabled. We took them as they were!” At the back, life is organized and one has to live and survive.
09:52 : “The colonel cried in front of his poor regiment, so many were missing. We had left at 250, and on the way back, we were 125.” Colonels, hairy, Senegalese riflemen, witnesses from the front tell about the fighting and life in the trenches.
09:51 : “It would not have occurred to me in 14 not to leave when I saw people leaving I said to myself: I have to go too!”. The declaration of war sounds like an explosion in the middle of summer 14.
09:51 : [THREAD]Hours of archives selected for this documentary in 4️⃣ parts which retraces the First World War through the voices of the protagonists. They tell us about the mobilization, the trenches, life in the rear, the end of the war. This is exceptional Arrow to the right with point down
09:58 : France Culture broadcasts a four-part documentary on the First World War. 14-18: The Great War told by the archives highlights the testimonies of the protagonists at the front and those at the rear, including many women.
09:13 : We take stock of the news:
• Concern is growing over the fate of more than 2,000 migrants, mainly Iraqi Kurds, who are stranded at the Polish border. The UN Security Council will meet urgently, at the request of France, Ireland and Estonia.
• One month after his death, at the age of 101, Hubert Germain, the last companion of the Liberation, will be buried at Mont-Valérien, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron. You can follow the ceremonies from 10 am in our direct.
Germany has crossed for the first time since the start of the pandemic the threshold of 50,000 new cases, a sign of a runaway epidemic, according to the Robert Koch health watch institute.
• The women’s section of PSG is in a state of amazement after the assault last week on Kheira Hamraoui, a French international victim of a violent ambush, and for which her teammate Aminata Diallo was arrested.
08:22 : The armistice of 1918 was commemorated in New Caledonia. In total, 575 soldiers who left Caillou were killed during the Great War, more than one in four, including 382 Kanak sharpshooters.
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07:29 : Hubert Germain will be buried in the crypt of the war memorial. In June 1960, by inaugurating this memorial in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), Charles de Gaulle had expressed the wish that the vault n ° 9 of the crypt be reserved for the last of the members of the Order of the Liberation.
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07:30 : One month after his death, at the age of 101, Hubert Germain, the last companion of the Liberation, will be buried at Mont-Valérien, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron. Two ceremonies will follow one another, at the Arc de Triomphe then at Mont-Valérien. You can follow them in our direct.
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07:25 : Here is the main information this morning:
Poland warns of an upsurge in attempts to cross its border illegally. She taxed Belarus of “state terrorism”, source of a new migrant crisis in Europe.
Emmanuel Macron received American Vice-President Kamala Harris, insisting on cooperation “crucial” between France and the United States, two months after the Australian submarine crisis.
He was the last of the companions of the Liberation who fought alongside General de Gaulle in 1940: Hubert Germain was to be buried at Mont-Valérien in the presence of Emmanuel Macron, day of commemoration of the armistice of November 11, 1918.
• The two biggest polluters in the world agree on the climate issue. China and the United States have concluded a “joint declaration on strengthening climate action”, announced the Chinese envoy for the climate in Glasgow.