Paris, France, Saturday, January 23, 1949: The “Flambeau de la Reconnaissance,” the VERY FIRST “Torch of Gratitude” to travel from France to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, U. S. A. was solemnly kindled from the Eternal Flame of the Unknown...
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World leaders gather for D-Day ceremony http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2014/06/06/natpkg-france-d-day-ceremony.cnn&hpt=hp_mid&from_homepage=yes&video_referrer=http{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}3A{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}2F{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}2Fedition.cnn.com{4d24daa5a359aa22e51c71c531e935ff229d31c7c5eb0da4885e362fa152ead6}2F CNN|Added on June 6, 2014 Francois Hollande welcomed veterans and world leaders to a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Obama: D-Day veterans’ stories should remain ‘seared...
By Val Lauder June 5, 2014 — Updated 2201 GMT (0601 HKT) D-Day: By the numbers Editor’s note: Val Lauder, a former reporter for the Chicago Daily News and lecturer at the school of journalism and mass communication...