August 25,
1944, at the City Hall, Charles de Gaulle could declare that Paris had
been liberated.
70 years later, August 25, 2014, a celebration took place –
under rain.
If you were
not among the officially invited, even arriving well in advance, you had to
remain quite far away. First listening to military music, while it was getting
darker, getting wetter and wetter, we could then listen to speeches by the City
Mayor and by the President of the Republic.
Then
followed a spectacular son-et-lumière show.
I somehow
managed to get through the barriers and could watch how the place in front of
the City Hall was made ready for the “bal populaire”.
The crowd
was unfortunately not as important as expected… the rain tempered the wish to
dance. I left, quite wet, walking along
the now empty space where we had been standing watching the show. Well, after
all it was a great show – just bad luck with the weather – and the liberation
of Paris was definitely worth to be celebrated!
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6 comments:
Au moins la il s'y connait Hollande dans les commemorations!
Ta premiere photo est un tres bel hommage.
Fantastic photos as usual, Peter!
Thanks!
Is it cold already in Paris?
What a pity it rained...
Maria
I would have been there, dancing -- rain or not! This is just a few blocks from where my friend Jerry lives, so it's my old Paris stomping ground! Sounds like a wonderful celebration, despite the rain. Beautiful photos indeed!
Thérèse a raison, que de commémorations pour Normal 1er. C'est à peu près tout ce qu'il sait faire de bien.
Une très belle commémoration. On devait bien cela à la ville, aux survivants et à ceux qui sont mort pour que Paris et les Parisiens vivent libres.
great night shots of these celebrations....Greetings from Nice
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