Dear Val,
I was just reading the article in TAG about August the 15th.
The true reason is not the ones written but.....after to be crowned, Napoleon the first wished to recover the support of the strong catholic Church and all the French catholics, indeed, so he suggested to celebrate Mary, Jesus'mother, once a year in the Empire. He choosed ,( I guess, it's in 1805), the day: August the 15th...and why ? Because it was his own birthday ! Such kind of good joke ! Doesn't it ?
Best regards
Deddy
Val says Deddy is from Martin's Jazz Band in Toulouse and how well he has come on with his English. Here is the article that Deddy was referring to
Today is a national holiday to mark the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, ie the day that Christians believe Christ's mother ascended to Heaven, but also it marks the day that French and Allied troops landed in the south of France as part of the liberation in 1944. Some two months after the Normandy landings the beaches of the Var were pounded by bombs then followed the troops in their landing craft. The generals had reckoned that it would take about 2 months to complete the operation, but in fact only 13 days were needed to secure the ports of Marseille and Toulon. Ceremonies will be held in various cities to mark the invasion, in which some 4000 soldiers were killed.
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