Viva La France

Toujours.

      In tribute to great French patriots-  Here are some fun French markers I found, including a plaque on a hotel in Lourdes which indicates where the Germans surrendered to the French in that town, near the train station.

 DeGaulle's famous speech, we have lost the battle but not the war. ...Nothing is lost!...In the Free World, the immense (huge, vast) forced have not given in. One day these forces will crush the enemy.
On that day France will be there Victorious.  She will find again her freedom and grandeur. This is my only goal.  This is why I convoke all the French, wherever you find yourself, to unit with me in action, in sacrifice and in HOPE.  Our country is in mortal danger. Everyone fight to save it! Long Live France.  (speech given in London in 1940).

 Outside the magnificent mountain village gothic church in Carteret this monument, anchored by the Blessed mother, is to all the people of that town who lost their lives in the world wars. They name each person on the plaque to the left of the Mary medalion.