Marigot:--- On Tuesday Prefet Delegue Philippe Chopin, Senator Louis Constant Fleming, and President of the Collectivity of St. Martin Alain Richardson joined the war veterans to lay wreaths in the garden of the Collectivity in remembrance of the persons that lost their lives during the six year war between the Nazi of Germany and Europe.
May 8th, 1945 is the date when the Allies celebrated the defeat of the Nazi Germany and end of Adolph Hitler's Reich. It is the date that formally recognizes the end of the Second World War in Europe.
Prefet Delegue Philippe Chopin addressed the small gathering consisting of elected officials and a military troupe mostly represented by the Gendarmerie whose commandant Stephen Brunet was attending his last official ceremony. Brunet's term as the head of the Gendarmerie is scheduled to end early August 2012.
