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The French People have always cherished and valued the tradition of friendship and alliance between France and the United States, which dates back 225 years.

THE FRENCH WILL NEVER FORGET

MAJOR EVENTS

2014 - NEW YORK

D-DAY - 70th ANNIVERSARY 

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1 MILLION RED ROSE PETALS OVER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

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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

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TWIN TOWERS REPLICA IN FRONT OF
THE EIFFEL TOWER
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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

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2003 - NORMANDY

4th OF JULY

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2,500 PEOPLE HUMAN CHAIN
IN OMAHA BEACH
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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 

1,000 FRENCH CHILDREN PLACE A RED ROSE ON THE GRAVES OF THE 60,511 US SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
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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.

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