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Visitors enjoy the Chateau de Versailles gardens, outside Paris, France, on July 15, 2023. France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III's state visit starting on Wednesday Sept. 20, 2023 at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th anniversary. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

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Palace of Versailles celebrates its 400th anniversary and hosts King Charles III for state dinner
By SYLVIE CORBET AND JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press
Tue,09/19/23-1:37AM , 282 Reads
PARIS (AP) — France is rolling out the red carpet for King Charles III's state visit at one of its most magnificent and emblematic monuments: the Palace of Versailles, which celebrates its 400th anniversary.
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American WWII veterans were celebrated in Normandy, France as part of the 79th anniversary of D-Day.

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'It was tough': World War II veterans return to Utah Beach to mark D-Day's 79th anniversary
By SYLVIE CORBET AND JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press
Mon,06/05/23-2:10AM , 239 Reads
ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — World War II veterans shared vivid memories of D-Day and the fighting as dozens returned to Normandy beaches and key battle sites to mark the 79th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control.
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World War II reenactor put roses and flowers at dawn on Omaha Beach, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France Monday, June 6, 2022, the day of 78th anniversary of the assault that helped bring an end to World War II. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

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US general: Ukraine will keep getting ‘significant’ support
By SYLVIE CORBET AND JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press
Mon,06/06/22-9:54AM , 279 Reads
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — The United States and its allies will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers, whose victory over the Nazis helped lead to a new world order and a “better peace,” Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday.
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Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France's Pantheon
By SYLVIE CORBET AND JEFFREY SCHAEFFER - Associated Press
Tue,11/30/21-2:11AM , 603 Reads
PARIS (AP) — Josephine Baker — the U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist — was inducted into France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to receive the nation’s highest honor.
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