“This 80th anniversary means a great deal to me, in terms of reconciliation, fraternity and the creation of Europe! ”
“What does this date and this symbolic moment in history mean to you, to Normandy? “It was to this simple, open-ended question that many of Normandy’s ambassadors spontaneously responded with a few heartfelt lines. Isabelle pays tribute in particular to ‘our elders and our ancestors’, recalling that without them and the help of the allied countries, ‘we would certainly not have regained the freedom we have today. “It was also a tribute to Véronique, a native of Manche, who likes to link historical events, from the Viking landings in the 9th century to 1944. Arriving in Mesnil Tôve in 2019 – an ancient Viking village, Tove in Danish meaning rope – Véronique found an STO poster under the wallpaper in one of the house’s bedrooms, as well as a coded message from a Resistance fighter in one of the cupboards. “A true conqueror at work, like the British and Americans who delivered us, many of whom fell during the Mortain counter-attack. ”
