Grande Finale of the Fireworks
Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen de 1789
Mercedes' first 14 Juillet. We were in Orléans during 4 Juillet and she got a little homesick thinking of the festivities at home. But she nevert experienced anything like a 14 Juillet in a small French town.
We started the evening with dinner at the Willises. Lianna and Phillip were invited too, as well as their daughter Kate from London. Mercedes had spent the afternoon at their house cavourting in their swimming pool and getting to know Kate. She is really missing the company of her mom, so when there is an acceptable surrogate she attaches willingly.
As it started to get late we heard the band making its way up the street. We went out into the street to get a Chinese lantern then followed the band down to the Loire. Every year it is the same - nothing new or different, but every year we revel in this small town tradition that puts the emphasis on children rather than the questionable deeds of the martyrs.
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