Victory Day in the Village Square

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The shadow cast by World War II still lingers in every town, village and square in France.  In the villages, streets were renamed to honor the war dead and heroes.  Even today, the church bells peel all across France on Victory Day, and the tri-color adorns the war memorials that are ubiquitous at the center of every city, village and town.

Remnants of World War II

In an earlier post on Victory Day, I mentioned that France suffered greatly during World War II. Here a street is named after a victim of the Nazi while France was occupied by the Germans.