The ax fell at the end of the week. Faced with the border harassment due to the virus, the Italian associations which were to ensure the mass of the extras have given up making the trip. As a result, the organizers of Sisteron have given up, death in the soul, to organize the Napoleonic day scheduled for Saturday, August 21 in Sisteron.
“Too many imponderables”
Nicolas Laugier, president of the Association of downtown traders (Apacs), organizer of the event with the Association Petites et grandes Histoires Sisteronaises expressed his great disappointment.
“We are very disappointed to have to postpone the Napoleonic day scheduled for Saturday August 21 in the shopping streets of Sisteron until next season. This postponement is necessary following the withdrawal of several associations of ‘Napoleonic’ re-enactors, in particular those coming from Italy, due to border and health constraints due to Covid-19. Too many imponderables and uncertainties have disturbed this organization. Apacs and Petites & Grandes Sisteronese stories wanted to make this event a great celebration. Not being able to carry out this event up to our expectations, we therefore made the delicate choice of canceling it and postponing it. We are not losing our motivation and our enthusiasm for 2022. “
For lack of fighters, Napoleon will not therefore cross the Pont de la Baume next Saturday, and the organizers were very disappointed. “We are very disappointed to have to postpone after more than 10 months of work for this organization“was to specify Pierre Garcia, of the association Petites & Grandes Histoires Sisteronaises.
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