"Mesdames et Messieurs les Députés, le président des États-Unis d'Amérique".
The President stands ponderously behind the podium, the massed soldiery, some missing limbs, others minds, all of them missing their lost comrades from that day, stand at attention as best they can.
"I am thrilled, indeed pleased and honoured, that so many people of different shades of colour, and none, have gathered here today to share with me the great privilege of having this beach named after me. As one among...
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