FIRST - French House Liberated On D-day
N 49° 14.549 W 000° 16.498
30U E 698335 N 5457985
[FR] Le café Gondrée est souvent présenté comme la première maison de France continentale à avoir été libérée. [EN] Café Gondrée, located near the bridge of Pegasus Bridge was the first House liberated from France, in the last hour of June 5, 1944.
Waymark Code: WMTEX8
Location: Normandie, France
Date Posted: 11/13/2016
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[FR] Le café Gondrée, situé à 20 m du Pegasus Bridge où se trouvaient Thérèse et Georges Gondrée, est la première maison de France continentale à avoir été libérée. Ce café est inscrit au titre des monuments historiques depuis 1987 (puis 1993). La plaque commémorant l'authenticité de cet événement a été inaugurée en juin 1954.
[EN] The Gondree Cafe had been used as an aid post, and the cafe owner, Monsieur Gondree, dug up his supply of champagne from the garden and gladly shared it with his liberators.
Today the cafe has become the first stop for any visitor to this part of the battlefield; it is still owned by the Gondree family, and still a cafe.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 06/05/1944
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