This postcard made me feel overwhelmingly sad. Click on the image to get a better view of the bronze statue of the Abbé Charles-Eugène Miroy (sorry, it is in French but you can see a picture of him), who was shot by the Prussian army after the armistice had been signed, when he was 42 years old,. The sculptor was Charles René de Paul de Saint-Marceaux and this was one of his earlier works.
Abbé Miroy’s tomb is still regarded as a symbol of resistance and flowers are regularly laid there today.
2 comments:
How sad, indeed, Anji. A lovely but sombre reminder.
Isobel: One day I'll visit that Tomb
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