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| Wearing red white 'n' blue while bringing the First Navy Jack to the 911 commemoration |
The 22nd Commemoration in Paris of the September 11, 2001 (911 9-11) Attacks Anniversary
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l'occasion du 22eme anniversaire des attentats du 11 septembre, un
hommage organisé par la Mairie du 16ème Arrondissement a été rendu aux
victimes devant l'Arbre de la Liberté sur la Place des États-Unis.
Parmi
les nombreux participants, dont the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) et
the American Legion Paris Post 1, on a pu reconnaître Erik Svane
(holding his Navy Jack), Paul Reen, et Marie-Thérèse Foreau de RIF,
ainsi que les porte-drapeaux Gary (Nadeau) Nadolski et Gigi (Laîné)
Nadolski.
The American national anthem and La Marseillaise were both performed.
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| "It's not often that a Marine manages to bring me to tears," I said to the colonel who mentioned Rick Rescorla and Todd "Let's roll" Beamer in his speech, "but you managed it" |
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| Marie-Thérèse Foreau, Erik Svane, and Colonel Dean Schulz |
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| Erik Svane and Paul Reen Bearing a rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me", the First Navy Jack is based on the Gadsden Flag |
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| Les porte-drapeaux Gary (Nadeau) Nadolski et Gigi (Laîné) Nadolski |