Some Gave All: St. Joan D'Arc, Notre Dame de Paris

St. Joan D'Arc, Notre Dame de Paris

Memorial to St. Joan D'Arc, the patron saint of France, at the Cathedral de Notre Dame de Paris.

MKTH photographs.

Some Gave All: Parisian Railway Workers Memorial, Paris France

Parisian Railway Workers Memorial, Paris France

A memorial to Parisian railway workers for World War One.  Photo by MKTH.

Some Gave All: Hommage aux combattants parisiens de la Grande Guerre. Paris France

Hommage aux combattants parisiens de la Grande Guerre. Paris France

94,415 flowers planted in honor of the 94,415 Parisians killed in combat in World War One.

Parisian Nocturne

Granted, the dark quality of these photographs was likely a mistake.  But still, pretty spectacular effect on Parish, after dark.

MKTH Photographs

Some Gave All: Monument to 13 Executed from Choisy Le Roi, Seine....

Monument to 13 Executed from Choisy Le Roi, Seine. August 13, 1944

This monument is dedicated to 13 residents ("Fusilles", which means shooters, so presumably partisans) of Choisy Le Roi (a town near Paris) who were "victims of German barbarism" on August 22, 1944.  They were executed.  I don't know the circumstances of their execution, but there would be many like them.

This photograph was taken by MKTH.

Some Gave All: Le Grande Tombe de Villaroy, Île-de-France, France...

Le Grande Tombe de Villaroy, Île-de-France, France.

This monument in the Île-de-France region of France marks an ossuary which contains the remains of, among others, French poet Charles Peguy.

Peguy was a 32 year old Lieutenant in the 19^e compagnie du 276^e régiment d'infanterie when he was killed at the Chauconin-Neufmontiers on September 5, 1914.  His remains, and that of 133 other French soldiers, killed in the same battle are interned in this common grave.  The remains include those of solders who were part of the  231^e 246^e 276^e regiments.  There are, not surprisingly, over 30 remains from unidentified French soldiers.

The monument was erected in 1932.

Sleet from a sunny sky.

Flight pattern.

Geese just south of the Denver International Airport.

The Chute