... AND BOULOGNE FÛT LIBERE
Sat, Sep 17
|Boulogne sur Mer
A large exhibition on the occasion of the commemorative days of the liberation of the city of Boulogne sur Mer, which fall once again at the same time as the "heritage days".
Time & Location
Sep 17, 2022, 10:00 AM – Sep 18, 2022, 5:00 PM
Boulogne sur Mer, 7 Pl. Godefroy de Bouillon, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
About the event
It is therefore in the bigwhat will be held, the major exhibition of the year for the association ""who gave it the title"", retracing the journey of the liberators from the landing on the beaches of Normandy to the gates of the citadel of our city.town hall hall of honorSeptember 17 and 18, 2022...and Boulogne was liberatedHis story, my emotions
This exhibition, particularly rich in period objects, documented and educational, will take the visitor to the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne who jumped on Sainte Mère Eglise on the evening of June 5, 1944 and to the heart of the Canadian troops, with a particular look at the Chaudière regiment (mannequins, dioramas, collections, etc.).
Boulogne during the occupation, the resistants, the passive defense could not be forgotten and will also be presented and explained thanks to numerous documents from the time, all authentic and to local testimonies (thanks to the…