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Tomorrow will be the D-Day's 65th anniversary...
I am from Normandy. This day means a lot when you are from here and when you grew up with scars that this war let everywhere in landscapes but also in minds. 10 % of american's guy who landed on beaches were african americans. I heard today a story about that. It was a woman from here who was a little child during the war and who told a story about her and her little sister who played with an african american soldier and how this guy was so surprise to not feel any sign of segregate between him and them, how he was surprise to not feel racism from people here.(for most of people here, it was the first time they met black people) There is always many histories in the great history. Just a way to remind few hours before Obama will be here to celebrate this anniversary that there was just 65 years, we were again very far away from the world we try to draw today...Americans with their Black minorities, French with their citizen from colonies. Just a way to remind that nothing was ever free, nothing was ever won easily but with blood...with blood from people who just want to be free...just a way to remind the deep symbol of the fact the U.S president who will be here tomorrow is the result of this fight for freedom.
I wish we could still continue to learn from history to stop blood flow...
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