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on the 11^ of November, there will be ceremonies.
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It's a public holiday in France.
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The mayor of the town will be at the head of a procession--
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this is choreographed all over the country--
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in which there will be 100 school children
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who will march in the rain and the sleet , it doesn't matter,
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to the local war memorial.
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What happens then is that the mayor reads out the names of those
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from a small village or from a town who died in the first World War.
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The children in the school after the name of Cohen Albert will say
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"présent," Will answer for the men who aren't there.
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This bonding between the living and the dead,