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“Still standing in lonely majesty” “It is the most imposing building I have ever seen. It stands there towering above that ruined and desolate city like some grief stricken mother who has lost all her children.”1919, Mary Pretlow, YMCA worker visiting Reims, France – Hampton Roads Chronicles“The cathedral is still standing in lonely majesty above the devastated town… and rests on solid and unshakeable foundations. It still reveals the beautiful proportions and noble harmony of its portals and towers… Once a work of love, enthusiasm, and faith, yesterday the target of hatred and contempt, today the object of astonishment and admiration.”WW1 – Reims on FirePhoto 1: Sunday, September 14 1919, Journée du Souvenir (Remembrance Day) in Reims, on the parvis of the Cathedral – La Contemporaine – Photo 2: “The Remains of the Cathedral” was taken in summer 1919, by an American soldier visiting Reims. -- source link
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