Coronado Eagle, Volume 5, Number 29, 20 July 1994 — EAGLE NEWS AND FEATURES Bastille Day In Coronado [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EAGLE NEWS AND FEATURES Bastille Day In Coronado

Photos by Lorry Wade

Clockwise from bottom left: 1. Celebrating Bastille Day at Le Meridien last Thursday were: (standing) Le Meridien Genera! Manager Abel Demargi and Jan Kassebaum; (seated) Jean Pierre Paris, Honorary French Counsel & Mrs. Ella Paris and Rear Admiral Paul Speer, Port Commissioner & Mrs. Jenny Speer, 2. Lola Martin from Martinique led in the singing of the French National Anthem. 3. Javier Vincent and his fiance Valerie enjoyed the Bastille Day dinner at Le Meridien. 4. Singing French folk songs during the celebrations were guests Betty and Bill LeFleur, accompanied by Al Jacobs, who moved through the party with his accordion. Bastille Day is also Betty's Birthday. 5. Present at the Le Meridien festivities celebrating Bastille Day was World War II French Resistance hero Marc Auger. His medals include the Officier de la Legion d' Honneur. Croix de Guerre, a medal as a resistance leader, and other French decorations for bravery,