Russethouse Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Please can anyone remember the name of the French association that puts flowers on the Normandy war graves on special days ? thanks in advance [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Gay, is it Les Fleurs de la Mémoire ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Thanks Christine, I wanted to pass it on to a friend who lives in the area.....[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 It only does American ones though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 I'm not sure, there was once a very heated and rather unpleasant discussion here about if they did or should look after German graves too - I'm afraid to say I can't remember the outcome... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 No they don't they are SOLELY US graves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Are you a member Oscar ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yes, I joined a few months ago and went to their AGM this year. Apparently they discussed putting flowers on other graves a while back for the 60th anniversary but I understand that was a one-off idea. You can't actually adopt a German or even other Allied soldier because the organisation is only set up to work with the US wargraves commission (or whatever it's called) and not the British or Germans. You will also see that their logo is the Stars and Stripes and that only the two US cemeteries in Normandy are mentioned on the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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