Arc de Triomphe - au soldat inconnu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCrWg3SJhK4NXQ2BR0t-ugn9IIoMjmaVV9C4kAzPF2UoINuFlcP8O62yR3V7iZoI5IBzXW0HxZvepxzDVJNdMtCdEewBWYVnUva_JJt-VQIhlU8KYiAd8Htq5T8hpPBV5kJir0PEHlu8/s1600/2013+0521+Tues_150DSC_5569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCrWg3SJhK4NXQ2BR0t-ugn9IIoMjmaVV9C4kAzPF2UoINuFlcP8O62yR3V7iZoI5IBzXW0HxZvepxzDVJNdMtCdEewBWYVnUva_JJt-VQIhlU8KYiAd8Htq5T8hpPBV5kJir0PEHlu8/s640/2013+0521+Tues_150DSC_5569.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Arc de Triomphe</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Originally commissioned by Napoleon in 1806, he died before its completion.  It sits magnificently at the hub of twelve intersecting roads and has witnessed history.  After World War I, the returning soldiers marched triumphantly through the arch, and it became the site of the tomb of the unknown soldier.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Arc de Triomphe is remembered as a memorial to all those who died in World War I.  I recently accompanied two World War II Veterans the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington Cemetery in Washington, DC.  Today we remember all those lost in wars defending our freedom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Arc de Triomphe</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Charles de Gaulle</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Arc de Triomphe - au soldat inconnu

Arc de Triomphe Originally commissioned by Napoleon in 1806, he died before its completion.  It sits magnificently at the hub of twelve inte...

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