French style! France names 2018 'Year Clemenceau' for close of WW1 Centenary

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Came across this as of 1/1/2018:

France names 2018 'Year Clemenceau' for close of WW1 Centenary

 

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Themes and events for France's final year of Great War Centenary commemorations will include a focus on Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, remembered as the 'Father of Victory'.

President Macron took the lead on Armistice Day 2017, visiting the war leader's former home in Paris, now a museum, as first details of the 2018 Centenary programme were announced by Mission Centenaire.

On August 8,  Amiens will host commemorations marking the centenary of the start of the Allied offensive that ended the First World War.

National and international events in France culminate on November 11, with a ceremony to which heads of state and government from the WW1 countries will be invited. Bilateral commemorations are also planned with Germany.

As already reported in Centenary News, President Macron will also tour the regions of France that bore the brunt of the devastation in 1914-18.