Saint Georges 2013 of the 1er REC | French Foreign Legion Information

Yesterday, the French Foreign Legion media center published a video of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment (1er REC) commemorating Saint Georges Day, regimental holiday.

Saint Georges, a patron of cavalry, was celebrated at Orange (a town in the south of France, where the 1er REC is garrisoned) on April 23, a week before Camerone Day. The ceremony was presided by General Clément-Bollée, a former head of the 1er REC and General de Saint Chamas, also a former head of the 1er REC and the current commander of the Foreign Legion. Five members of the regiment were decorated. In the evening, the Foreign Legion Music band was playing for legionnaires and the public.

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