At THE FRENCH WILL NEVER FORGET (TFWNF) our mission is to demonstrate the frienship and the gratitude of the French people for the decisive help received from their American ally twice in the last century.
The 4 Co-Founders and Co-Presidents of TFWNF
Paul BENSABAT
Jean-Pierre HEIM
Christian MILLET (in memoriam)
Patrick du TERTRE
THE FRENCH WILL NEVER FORGET
UPCOMING EVENT
COMMEMORATION OF THE 80th ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY
Thursday June 6, 2024 - Paris - Pont de Grenelle
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With the participation of:
- Souvenir Francais
- UNOR
- American Legion
- Union des Combattants
- France Amerique
- DZ Memory Association
Figurative representation of the event drawn by Jean-Pierre HEIM
Unfurling 1944 U.S. and French flags carried by children on the Pont de Grenelle, where the scaled-down replica of the Statue of Liberty is located in Paris.
To bring together officials, organizations and patriotic associations at the feet of the statue and all along the Pont de Grenelle: official speeches, national anthems, parades of vintage military vehicles, brass band, etc.
THE FRENCH WILL NEVER FORGET
MAJOR PAST EVENTS
2014 - NEW YORK
D-DAY - 70th ANNIVERSARY
As an homage to these heroes, and to the estimated 180,000 others, who also made the ultimate sacrifice for the liberation of France, the association “The French will Never Forget” with critical help from the French authorities planned a fitting, grandiose and moving tribute on June 6, 2014.
2011- PARIS
10th ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11
10 years later, on September 11, 2011.
Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 by building eighty-foot tall Twin Towers on the Place du Trocadéro (Place of Human Rights) - in front of the Eiffel Tower
2007 - NORMANDY
HUMAN CHAIN OMAHA BEACH
2003 - NORMANDY
4th OF JULY
On June 30, 2007, we will join together with thousands of French people on the famous Omaha Beach, in Normandy, France to pay our respect to the fallen American war heroes who came to our rescue.
The participants formed a human chain of letters and spell out the following words as a huge message
FRANCE WILL NEVER FORGET
In simple ceremonies at military cemeteries, men, women and children placed a simple red rose at each of the 60,511 graves of U.S. soldiers who died fighting on French soil in the two world wars. The tribute began Thursday at the huge D-Day cemetery in Normandy and continued Friday at smaller burial sites in France.