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Programme Officiel - Official Program

VE Day Paris, 8 May 1995

Source:
Mission du Cinquantenaire des Debarquements et de la Liberation de la France
Tel. 45 51 39 45 / Fax: 45 51 27 24

Ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe

9:45 am - Arrival of Prime Minister E Balladur
9:45 / 10:30 - Arrival of delegations; Reception of arriving delegates/dignataries by Prime Minister in front of official tribune (at top of Champs-Elysees , on right-hand side (north)
10:00+ am - Arrival of the President elect of the Republique - Jacques Chirac
10:30 - 11:40 - Ceremony:
- 10:30 am - Arrival of Francois Mitterrand - Current President of the Republique - Review of the troups (Garde Republican)(F Mitterrand circles Arc in command car - not clear with/wo the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense)
- 10:40 am - End of review of the troups (arrives back at official tribune)
- 10:42 am - Reception of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defense and the Chief of Staff of the armed forces (unless they're with him)
- 10:43 am - Honoring the flag
- 10:46 am - The Prseident goes to the Official tribune, invites the 'chefs d'etat' and the government to accompany him to Arc de Triomphe
- 10:50 am
  - - Place of wreath by President, surrounded by the 'chefs d'etat' and the government
  - - Minute of silence
  - - 'Refain' of the Marseillaise ('relighting' eternal flame)
    
    The eternal flame beneath the Arc de Triomphe - the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
  - 10:55 am - All return to tribune
- 11:00 am - Begin of show : 'animation' - 'quadrille des baionnettes
- and army choir sing - while troops leave Etoile, with foreign flags, to take their places for the military parade.
- 11:20 am - beginning of military parade:
  - - Passage of 'patrouile de France' - French Airforce Team
  - - Parade of guest states' flags in army vehicles
  - - Parade of marching troops - all French - want list? Includes 17 representative units, with Foreign Legion at end - Military bands: Air Force, Ile de France command, Garde Republicaine, and Navy. Total troops: 2500+
  - - Passage of 'patrouile de France' "en eclate" - in bloom? with red white blue smoke?
- 11:40 am - End of parade
11:43 am - President leaves tribune to go to lunch
11:45 am - noon - Depart of the 'chefs d'etat' and the government to go to official lunch at Elysees Palace
12:00 - 12:30 - Official reception of the guests at the Elysees Palace
12:30 - 2:00 pm - Lunch
2:00 - 2:15 pm - The President 'salutes' his guests
after 2:15 pm - Guests depart

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