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MAIN EVENTS 11TH NOVEMBER 2018 PRESS KIT WHEN THEIR STORY BECOMES our History MAIN EVENTS IN AROUND 11TH NOVEMBER 2018 The year 2018 marks the end of the commemorations for the Centenary of the Great War, and numerous events will be held to bring this commemorative period to a close centred on the Armistice of 11th November. November 2018 From 4th to 9th November 2018 Inauguration of the Gardens of Peace The President of the French 9th November 2018 Developed by the Arts & Jardins Hauts- Republic’s tour of the battlefields Concert at the Franco- de-France label in partnership with the The President of the French Republic German historical centre of 14-18 Centenary Mission, this project will visit "the areas that were ravaged Hartmannswillerkopf (Alsace) is focused on highlighting natural by the War and are nowadays being Just prior to the ceremonies to commemorate and landscaped spaces through the affected by the financial crisis". This tour the centenary of the Armistice of the Great creation of 15 gardens of peace. They through the Grand-Est and Hauts-de- War the Franco-German historical centre will be established near to the major France regions will take a little over five will host a concert, "Clearing in the Sky, remembrance sites of the Great War and days and will visit ten local departments: A Remembrance in Song in honour of are unique in that they will each represent Bas-Rhin, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle, the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day", one of the nations that look part in World Meuse, Ardennes, Marne, Aisne, Nord, which will be organised by the Consulate War I. Pas-de-Calais and Somme. of the United States in partnership with the German and Austrian consulates, as • Fromelles: Australian garden (selection In order to echo this dual focus and link the well as the Hartmannswillerkopf National process ongoing, to be built 2019) memory of the Great War with the current Monument Committee. • Le Quesnoy: New Zealand garden, issues that are affecting these areas, every @ http://memorial-hwk.eu/ve/index.php Portuguese garden and Belgian garden day of this tour will feature remembrance (to be built 2018) events and actions associated with the From 9th to 11th November 2018 • Vimy: Canadian garden (to be built economic and social concerns that are The «Compiègne during the Great 2018) relevant to the departments visited. War» video mapping (Compiègne) • Notre-Dame-de-Lorette: French To mark the 14-18 Centenary, discover a garden (to be built 2018) The programme will include visits to the video mapping that will be projected onto • Neuville-Saint-Vaast: Czech and major remembrance sites (the battlefield the town hall of Compiègne to retrace Slovak garden (selection process of Verdun, the cemetery of Notre-Dame- the major events of the Great War that ongoing, to be built 2018/2019) de-Lorette) and venues that have never marked this town… It is a touching tribute • Arras: Scottish garden (to be built 2018) before hosted the President of the French that is retold in the form of 11 tableaux • Thiepval: English garden, Welsh Republic. An international segment is aimed at bringing together and educating garden (to be built 2018) planned featuring, most notably, a concert young and old alike on our local and • Péronne: Irish garden - Northern at Strasbourg Cathedral on Sunday 4th national history in the run-up to the Ireland and Republic of Ireland (to be November. commemorations in November. built 2018) • Craonne, along the Chemin des • 4 th November: Strasbourg The great moments of History: Dames: German garden, Italian garden, • 5 th November: Morhange – Pont-à- • The start of the war Moroccan garden (to be built 2018) Mousson • German occupation • The Glade of the Armistice in the • 6 th November: Les Eparges – the • Compiègne; a hospital town forest of Compiègne: Franco-German battlefied of Verdun - Reims • Georges Guynemer garden (to be built 2018) • 7 th November: Charleville-Mézières – • The Zeppelin crash • Passchendaele in Belgium: French Rozoy-sur-Serre – La Flamengrie • The Headquarters at Le Palais garden (selection process ongoing, to (Pierre d’Haudroy) • The evacuation of the collections of be built 2018/2019) • 8 th November: Maubeuge – The Le Palais and the libraries Notre-Dame de Lorette Ring of @ www.artetjardins-hdf.com/en/ • Compiègne under threat Remembrance directory-project/jardins-de-la-paix/ • The Battle of Le Matz • 9 th November: Lens – Albert - Péronne • The signing of the Armistice 2 10th November 2018 have been involved with the Centenary invited to attend the opening ceremony Civilian and military ceremony at the and representatives of today’s youth and of the very first Paris Peace Forum in Franco-German historical centre of civilian society will also be in attendance. the afternoon. The Forum aims to make Hartmannswillerkopf (Alsace) concrete proposals on peace and global @ https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/en/ A ceremony for civilians and military leadership in all areas. The opening activity/spectacle/19070-shell-shock- personnel will take place on 10th ceremony will include a speech by the requiem-war November on the esplanade of the Secretary General of the United Nations. National Monument in the presence of It will be followed by a session where a 11th November 2018 the Consuls General of Germany, Austria number of Heads of State and Heads of National Ceremonies (Paris) and the United States of America. Government will take the opportunity to 9am: A ceremony in honour of the present their own themes and projects @ http://memorial-hwk.eu/ve/index.php Field-Marshals of the Great War at simultaneously at various "villages". the Hôtel National des Invalides 10th November 2018 This ceremony, organised by the The Forum will continue its work on The Franco-German ceremony at Army High-Command and the Military 12th and 13th November. Driven by an the Armistice Clearing (Compiègne) Governor of Paris, will take place in the association that unites partners for north On the afternoon of 10th November 2018, presence of the President of the French and south, it will invite contributions mostly the President of the French Republic, Republic. It will pay tribute to the eight from non-State actors drawn from across accompanied by the German Chancellor, Field-Marshals that directed the fighting the globe: think tanks, associations, will preside over a ceremony at the during World War I, striving for ultimate NGOs. It will reconvene in the following Armistice Clearing in the commune of victory throughout the conflict, five of years with the aim of becoming a regular Compiègne. This ceremony will be whom are interred at Les Invalides. major international meeting. defined by the simplicity of a moment of silent reflection and of tribute. 11am: International ceremony at the From Sunday 11th to Tuesday 13th Arc de Triomphe November 2018 Grande Halle de la More than 120 foreign dignitaries Villette, Paris) representing the countries involved in the fighting during the Great War, the 11th November 2018, institutions of the European Union, the Ceremony at the Australian National United Nations and a number of other Memorial (Villers-Bretonneux) international organisations are due to The Armistice signed on 11th November attend this ceremony. This will include, 1918 by Germany and the Allies marked as it does every year, the awarding of the end of the fighting in the First World military honours, a tribute to those who War. A commemoration, organised by died for France and, as has been the the Australian Department for Veteran case every year since 2012, the laying of Affairs, will take place on 11th November a wreath and the rekindling of the flame 2018 at 10:30am at the Australian on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux. The ceremony will be rounded off, in this centenary year for the Armistice, by @ www.somme-battlefields.com/event/ a number of remembrance and artistic, centenary-first-world-war-armistice- notably musical, elements. A speech by villers-bretonneux the President of the French Republic is also expected. 1pm: An official lunch will be hosted at The Armistice Clearing the Elysée Palace in the presence of the President of the French Republic and the 10th November 2018 foreign dignitaries. Other lunch events Shell Shock at the Philharmonie (Paris) are organised by the Prime Minister, the Shell Shock - A Requiem of War is a Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs show by Belgian choreographer Sidi and the Defence Minister in order to host Larbi Cherkaoui that deals with the their own counterparts that form part of trauma experienced by the soldiers of the various foreign delegations. the Great War (music by Nicholas Lens, lyrics by Nick Cave). It will take place at 3pm: Opening of the Paris Peace the Philharmonie de Paris at 8pm (1,600 Forum seats) in the presence of the President of Foreign dignitaries attending the the French Republic. Foreign dignitaries ceremony of 11th November, joined by invited to the ceremonies of the 11th some of their counterparts who perhaps November, French men and women who did not take part in this event, will be ATOUT FRANCE 3 WWW.ATOUT-FRANCE.FR WWW.FRANCE.FR 4 .