The city celebrated the 79th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi occupation, which occurred exactly on August 16, 1944, this Sunday, May 27, at the end of the afternoon.
The commemoration took place largely on the Place des Halles, in the presence, in particular, of Hervé Jonathan, new prefect of Eure-et-Loir (our Thursday edition), Daniel Guéret, senator, of Élisabeth Fromont , first deputy to the mayor of Chartres, representing the mayor, Rémi Martial, departmental councillor, and several elected officials from Chartres and the agglomeration. Without forgetting the civil and military authorities and citizens.
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The elected officials began by saluting the colors of France and the United States, where the military forces that contributed to the liberation of the city in 1944 originated.
The American anthem and The Marseillaise were played by the orchestra of harmony of Chartres. Then a reading of texts from the municipal archives relating to the liberation of Chartres by Yves Cuzin, municipal councilor delegated in particular to memory, was followed by the laying of five wreaths: in the name of the veterans, in the name of the military delegation of ‘Eure-et-Loir, in the name of the Departmental Council, in the name of the City of Chartres and, finally, in the name of the prefecture of Eure-et-Loir filed by the prefect himself.
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And to close the ceremony, the procession then headed for Notre-Dame Cathedral to attend the Te Deum for the Liberation of the city.
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