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^(exciting dramatic music)

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^- This was a flag that was made by a French citizen

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^in secret while they were under occupation

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by the German army.

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And on Thanksgiving Day

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which is November 27th, the 2nd Cavalry

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^was approaching this village and the German soldiers

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^that were in the village had left

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^but there was a Nazi flag flying over a church steeple

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^or a school, the 2nd Cavalry soldiers

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^decided to go in and tear that flag down

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^and in doing so the villagers took that as a symbol

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^that the Americans were here.

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^I get a lot of people contacting the museum,

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^French nationals, Czech nationals even Germans

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^who are contacting the museum.

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^Hey I have photographs of when they came to our village

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^in 1944 and liberated our village.

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^To me it's really inspiring because in the many cases

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^2nd Cavalry brought freedom and brought hope

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^to these people.

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^The soldiers wearing the 2nd Cavalry patch

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^are the tangible reminders of those soldiers from yesterday.