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| German soldier on the quay in Bordeaux in 1940 |
August 28 in Bordeaux at exactly 11 a.m., they rang the
Grosse Cloche, the Big Bell. This was an experience for us for a couple of
reasons. First, it proved that they really can be on time here - the sonnerie was announced for 11 and that
huge bell started swinging right on the tick. And we were proud to be
involved, even if only as spectators, in commemorating the day in 1944 that
Bordeaux ended four years of German occupation. This is not
something Americans know much about.
