SACRED FLAME RELIT
FRANCE’S UNKNOWN WARRIOR RIOTERS DESECRATE TOMB By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright PARIS, Sunday. The whole of Prance, including 496 ex-servicemen’s organisations, was represented in a long procession which marched with flying colours through the Place de la Concorde, the Champs Elysees and beneath the Arc de Triomphe, to the tomb of the Unknown Warrior, which was desecrated during the recent Sacco-Vanzetti riots. Marshal Joffre officiated at the rekindling of the sacred flame. General Gourand, the city governor, and others present placed wreaths on the tomb. A great crowd of people stood for one minute in silence.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 142, 6 September 1927, Page 1
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100SACRED FLAME RELIT Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 142, 6 September 1927, Page 1
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