The Dormans French Remembrance Committee is doing well

2023-12-03 18:27:15

The local committee of French Remembrance of Dormans, in the district of Épernay, organized its 2023 general assembly in Courthiézy. The opportunity to take stock and welcome new members to the board of directors.

The members of Souvenir Français de Dormans were gathered around Jean-Pierre Drouet, the president, including a number of elected officials from the canton including Sylvain Bizzochi, mayor of Courthiézy and the new senator of Marne, Christian Bruyen.

The presentation of the moral report by the president made it possible to recall the restorations of graves of soldiers who died for France and the numerous outings in which the standard bearers had participated since October 2019, date of the last general assembly. He recalled that these years were also very difficult for him personally, with the disappearance of his daughter and his wife. He then recalled the genesis of their local committee, created on March 13, 2010, and its growth since then.

Of the twenty-six members from the first hour, the Committee can boast of having sixty-six today. Nine have died since the last assembly: Michel Brisset, Hamid Bensarsa, Anne Drouet, Claude Mignot, Annik Drouet, Jean-Claude Vergeat, Françoise Boulogne, Roger Pascaud and Jean Rigaut. At the end of this report, a minute of silence was observed for all these missing comrades.

The financial report showing a healthy cash flow, it was voted unanimously, as approval of the entry of three new members to the administration committee: Christelle Lafontaine, as secretary, Patrick Wéber, as treasurer and Jean-Marc Maurice, as assistant treasurer. They join Jean-Pierre Drouet, the president; Christian Bruyen, first vice-president; Jean-Claude Robert, second vice-president and five members: Michel Courteaux, Frédéric Daubok, Martine Dubois, Didier Michelet and Marie-Louise Thonon.

Two wreaths were then laid at the war memorial by the personalities present accompanied by thirteen flag bearers. The ceremony ended around a friendly drink.

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