A candle lit from France’s Flame of Liberty arrived at Arlington National Cemetery on May 24, just ahead of the Memorial Day holiday, and will burn there until June 6th — the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord: D-Day.
French President Emmanuel Macron lit the candle 0n May 8 — from the Flamme de la Liberté at the Arc de Triomphe.
Le 8 mai 1945 marquait la fin d’une période de terreur indélébile. Il ouvrait au même moment une ère de paix que nous devons à tout prix préserver.
Que la flamme du Soldat inconnu ne cesse de raviver cette mémoire. pic.twitter.com/a4vO8woSkM
— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 8, 2024
The candle was then carried by a special delegation from Paris to the U.K.; then across the Atlantic to New York Harbor aboard the Queen Mary 2; and finally to Arlington. France’s flame has been burning since 1923, when it was established as part of a…
