The former president of the Municipal Sports Office of Thionville has been a supporter of French Remembrance for ages. “One day I saw that they were looking for someone to join the committee. What I did then I was then appointed deputy general delegate for Moselle Nord, with eleven sections under my authority. Then following the death of President Bernard Pingant, I applied to take over from him. I was appointed on July 25, 2020 president of the French Souvenir of Thionville by the general management in Paris. In addition to the fact of having somewhat feminized the premises in rue du Vieux Collège, she and her committee will also have contributed to “dedramatizing certain appointments, creating links with the people they meet, without, of course, however, lacking in respect to those who died for our freedom. We are a memorial association. No need to be a veteran to join, ”she recalls.
The quest for 1is November: an institution
Founded 104 years ago, the Thionville section of French Souvenir, with 200 members, continues to give lectures in schools, “in order to perpetrate the duty of memory”, or participates in student trips, such as this year’s in Verdun of two classes from the Lycée Hélène-Boucher. Of course, the team also actively participates in all patriotic events in the surrounding towns and villages. ” In addition, we are lucky to have two standard bearers, Gabriel and Nicolas. “It even happens to the association to shine elsewhere as during this escapade in Normandy in 2022, on the landing beaches. The opportunity to meet General Milley, Chief of Staff of the United States of America. “When you shake her hand, you feel very small,” says Renée. The collection of November 1, dedicated to the maintenance of the tombs, is itself an institution. “We are lucky to have been able to unite around us the army, the police, the paratroopers, the foreign legion, etc. We have a great dynamic. As proof, this quest will have raised €2,000 in eight cemeteries in 2022.
