A ceremony takes place late Wednesday afternoon at the Pantheon in the presence of the Head of State for the entry of the writer Maurice Genevoix into the Pantheon.

A new way for Emmanuel Macron to erect this monument as a temple of the Republic and its symbols. 

This November 11, 2020 marks the 102nd anniversary of the Armistice of 1918, and with it the entry into the Pantheon of the writer Maurice Genevoix, who immortalized the memory of the Poilus in his book

Those of 14.

A ceremony will therefore take place on Wednesday at the end of the afternoon, chaired by Emmanuel Macron, who intends to make this monument a temple of the Republic and its symbols.

A strategy that can be summed up in one formula: the Pantheon or the factory of quiet heroes.

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Since his election, the Head of State is convinced: France needs to honor great figures or personalities who speak to new generations.

And he found the ideal place, the Pantheon and its crypt which house the tombs of these soldiers well known to science, knowledge or the Resistance.

Emmanuel Macron seems to want to make the monument the showcase of the Republic's history, in order to find the "France Nation".

Because too young to be the father of this Nation, the president chooses to tell it with the secret hope that the French will one day be grateful to him.

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"Allow the French to reclaim this monument"

For Philippe Bélaval, the president of the Center for National Movements, paying homage to remarkable personalities like Maurice Genevoix is ​​precisely a means of allowing the French to reclaim this monument, but not only.

"We also organize ceremonies like the one that Emmanuel Macron chaired on September 4 for the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic. That is to say that periodically, the monument returns to the news and that ' Through these ceremonies, the French perceive its role and the message that the people who are buried transmit, that is to say the values ​​of the Republic ", explains Philippe Bélaval.

The president of the Center des monuments nationaux also intends to better highlight the female figurines that make the history of France.

Currently, 73 men and 5 women are in the Pantheon.