Transmission of the memory

Les Fleurs de la Mémoire is committed to the transmission of knowledge to the younger generations. On request, we accompany students in their visits to the cemetery.

Without the duty to remember, we would have no future.

Mar 13 2018

Meeting with some West Point cadets

For the second time in a row, and once again on Mrs. Glennie Sims initiative, some members met with West Point Cadets and exchanged on their experiences during the...
Mar 13 2017

Meeting with some West Point cadets

On Mrs. Glennie Sims' initiative four members shared their experiences during the four years of the Occupation and on the Liberation with these Cadets. D-Day Future...

Last classes accompanied

Jul 15 2023

Tribute from the commune of St Jean d’Elle

At the end of June 2023, the Fleurs de la Mémoire accompanied the commune of St Jean d'Elle to the Colleville cemetery (70 children accompanied by members of the...
Jun 04 2023

Trouville children pay tribute to veterans

A representative of Fleurs de la Mémoire, Gaëtane, went with the R Coty school in Trouville (the town of Trouville sponsors around 40 graves and sends a CM2 class to...
May 30 2023

Sourdeval pays tribute to Montjoie-Saint-Martin

On May 25, 2023 the Fleurs de la Mémoire accompanied the town of Sourdeval to the Montjoie St Martin-St James American Cemetery. At the instigation of the mayor, 33...
May 14 2023

Visit of the Colleville sur Mer cemetery by a school from Montebourg

On May 2, the association accompanied the high school of Montebourg (50). 88 students, including 4 Erasmus sections, were guided in the cemetery of Colleville Sur Mer...
May 14 2023

ND de Carentan College in Colleville

39 students of the 3rd grade of the Notre-Dame de Carentan school went to flower the graves sponsored by the school. They were accompanied by their history teachers:...
Mar 17 2023

Lights of Memory

On the afternoon of March 17, a ceremony of homage took place at the American cemetery of Saint-James (Montjoie St-Martin) with the participation of 120 students from...
Jun 23 2022

Saint-Lô Palliers school at Colleville cemetery

On June 23, the flowers of memory accompanied the elementary school of Palliers (Saint Lô) who came for the first time. Forty children and four teachers discovered the...
Jun 20 2022

Pont-Hébert class in Colleville

Two members of the Fleurs de la Mémoire accompanied Mrs Amélie SEFYS and the CM2 class of Pont-Hébert on Monday 20th June to the American cemetery of...
Jun 12 2022

Livry-Gargan in Colleville

On June 11, 2022, the flowers of memory accompanied the city of Livry Gargan for a complete ceremony with the flowering of 23 gravesComposed of twenty students of CM2...
Jun 04 2022

A delegation from Coutances to Colleville-Sur-Mer

A group of young people from the Youth Council and veterans from the city of Coutances went to the American cemetery of Colleville sur Mer. The city of Coutances...