So today we went to Ossuary and Douaumont. For those of you who don't know what this is, it is a memorial for all of those soldiers that died when Germany was taking France during the First World War. This memorial has soldiers from both armies. However, right after the war not all soldiers were found, so new soldiers are added to the memorial every year. Most of these soldier are so old that they can't figure out who they were. These soldiers are put into the ossuary, where they lie with thousands of other unknown soldiers. These sites are really well done and pay proper respect to the memory of these soldiers.
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Thank you for explaining as I did not know the details of what that site represented for the war.
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ReplyDeleteGreat update on the monument. You made Noel's day today, by thinking of him from so far. Continue enjoying your trip and stay safe,
Mom