Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/11/12

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: WWI celebrations in rural France
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:04:36 -0600
References: <B3FEA4FA-B9C0-4C87-9A07-859FB055828E@gmail.com>

Nicely captured, Philippe.? The faces show people who really appear to 
relate to the occasion.? Quite different from the images shown on 
national outlets from Paris.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/12/2018 2:48 PM, Philippe via LUG wrote:
> As you may know, I now live in a small village in Alsace. This area was 
> German in 1914, and turned French in 1918 as it was before 1870 ...
>
> Local people there were then forced to join the German troops, or flee, 
> and get enrolled on the French side only to fight their brothers or 
> cousins ?
>
> The 360 souls village lost 37 young men between 1914 and 1918.
>
> Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the end of that war, and I 
> witnessed the local celebrations and hommage.
> No, it did NOT rain ...
>
> The series starts here:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/LPP-11-11-2018-1528.jpg.html
>
> Click on the right arrow to proceed to the end.
>
> All my be viewed larger.
>   
>
> Amities, and may peace be with us all, fovever.
>
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: WWI celebrations in rural France)
In reply to: Message from photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe) ([Leica] IMG: WWI celebrations in rural France)