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Les quatorze points de Wilson (8 janvier 1918)

Protecting our memorial heritage

Fréjus (on left) - Tunisia (on right)

The origins of remembrance tourism

Between the 17th and the 20th centuries, France was the site of a great number
of armed conflicts which left behind many remnants as a lasting legacy.

The National Day of Remembrance of the victims of racist and anti-Semitic persecutions by the French State and of tribute to the righteous of France

The monument erected near the Vélodrome d'Hiver, in Paris.
The monument erected near the Vélodrome d'Hiver, in Paris. Source: MINDEF/SGA/DMPA

La Victoire... et ensuite ?

The causes of the Great War

La Paix

La Première Guerre mondiale (1914-1918)

11 November: a day of remembrance

Des canons allemands sont traînés, le 11 novembre 1918, sur la place de l'Opéra et les boulevards, au milieu des farandoles.
Why is 11 November still today one of the major dates in the French commemorative calendar?
If 11 November has become a day of remembrance, it is also the recollection of a single day, the Armistice of 1918 that finally brought the battles of the First World War (1914-1918) to an end.

 

 

The Armistice procession, 11 November 1918. Source: SHD collection