Those dead will not be forgotten
[ 2007-11-12 09:43 ]
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech during Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 89th anniversary of the end of World War I at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris November 11, 2007. (Agencies)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) lays a wreath during the ceremony to commemorate First World War Armistice Day at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris November 11, 2007. (Agencies)
One of only two French veterans of the First World War, Lazare Ponticelli (C) prepares to lay flowers during Armistice Day celebrations in his current hometown of Kremlin-Bicetre in Paris' suburbs, November 11 2007. Ponticelli, 110, served in both the French and Italian armies. He is the last surviving legionnaire from the war. (Agencies)
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