The Somme tourist board
November
A Celebration of Reading - Friday 10 Oct 2008 / Sunday 02 Nov 2008
Assist at this tempory exhibition "Petits papiers, grandes signatures" ( (small papers, great signatures) at the Historial of the Great War
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"Commemoration : yesterday, today and tomorrow (1918-2008) - Wednesday 15 Oct 2008 / Sunday 14 Dec 2008
The 90th anniversary of the end of the war (1918-2008) raises the question of commemoration today : how should we commemorate the Great War?
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On the 11th of November, let us not forget... - Friday 07 Nov 2008 / Tuesday 18 Nov 2008
Exhibitions, talks, concerts and several commemorative ceremonies will take place in the towns and villages throughout November in the Somme, many of them in homage to the fallen.
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Remembrance walk - Friday 07 Nov 2008 / Monday 10 Nov 2008
A unique collaboration…
In May 2007, the town of Ypres in Belgium and the Poppy Country (region around Albert) signed a charter to enter into a partnership in their common history of war. To linking Albert and Ypres in a four day walk from 7 to 11 November 2008. This event will be held biennially (in 2010 from Ypres to Albert).
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Amiens Christmas Market - Saturday 29 Nov 2008 / Saturday 27 Dec 2008
From 29 November to 27 December 2008, Amiens will be hosting the largest Christmas market in the north of France and invite you to stroll through a warm, relaxed atmosphere to the sound of Christmas carols...
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