Charles de Gaulle Memorial

About

The Charles de Gaulle Memorial is a monument located in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises in the Haute-Marne. Retracing, through the person of Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), the great historical events of the twentieth century, it was realized by the Charles de Gaulle Foundation and the General Council of the Haute-Marne for a cost of 22 million euros. He replaced the memorial of General de Gaulle, which had been inaugurated on 18 June 1972, and had previously housed a small exhibition and ordered access to the monumental cross of Lorraine.

Launched officially by the President of the French Republic Jacques Chirac on 9 November 2006, the Charles-de-Gaulle Memorial and its temporary exhibition De Gaulle-Adenauer: a Franco-German reconciliation was inaugurated on 11 October 2008 by Nicolas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel, just fifty years after the historic meeting at the Boisserie between the General and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The Memorial is chaired by Nicolas Lacroix, also chairman of the Haute-Marne department council.