France: July 2023
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Examples from the art exhibition
Forever Sixties at the Couvent des Jacobins.
Our final visiting point before catching the ferry to Portsmouth (and another night at the Premier Inn) is La Flame, also known as
'The Kieffer Monument'; it is a tribute to the commandos who landed on June 6th 1944, and was opened on June 6th 1984 by
Francois Mitterrand and the Mayor of Ouistreham. The memorial La Flame is a large metal flame housed on top of a German
bunker, overlooking Sword Beanch. The pathway leading to the memorial is lined with stones with the names of the French commandos
who were killed on June 6th, 1944. There is a statue of Brigadier Lord Lovat who ordered his personal piper Bill Millin to play Highland
Laddie as he led British Commandos ashore on D-Day as portrayed in the film The Longest Day; and a statue of Commandant Kieffer who
commanded the Free French commandos.