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Subject: [Leica] IMG: WWI celebrations in rural France
From: stevebarbour at mac.com (Stephen Barbour)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:20:08 -0800
References: <B3FEA4FA-B9C0-4C87-9A07-859FB055828E@gmail.com>


Sent from my iPhone, Steve

> On Nov 12, 2018, at 12:48 PM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> 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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