Paris's Commemoration of the September 11 Attacks Anniversary

Wearing red white 'n' blue while bringing
the First Navy Jack to the 911 commemoration

The 22nd Commemoration in Paris of the September 11, 2001 (911 9-11) Attacks Anniversary

A l'occasion du 22eme anniversaire des attentats du 11 septembre, un hommage organisé par la Mairie du 16ème Arrondissement a été rendu aux victimes devant l'Arbre de la Liberté sur la Place des États-Unis.

Parmi les nombreux participants, dont the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) et the American Legion Paris Post 1, on a pu reconnaître Erik Svane (holding his Navy Jack), Paul Reen, et Marie-Thérèse Foreau de RIF, ainsi que les porte-drapeaux Gary (Nadeau) Nadolski et Gigi (Laîné) Nadolski, whom I interviewed after the ceremony.

The American national anthem and La Marseillaise were both performed.

"It's not often that a Marine manages to bring me to tears,"
I said to the colonel who mentioned Rick Rescorla and
Todd "Let's roll" Beamer in his speech, "but you managed it"

Marie-Thérèse Foreau, Erik Svane, and Colonel Dean Schulz

Erik Svane and Paul Reen
Bearing a rattlesnake and the words "Don't Tread on Me",
the First Navy Jack is based on the Gadsden Flag

Les porte-drapeaux Gary (Nadeau)
Nadolski et Gigi (Laîné) Nadolski