article_snippet.sent: That eventual liberation is being celebrated again this month – and with gusto.
article_snippet.sent: This is no small feat.
article_snippet.sent: This, of course, was the point.
article_snippet.sent: This secrets brought into the light.
article_snippet.sent: But so can the joy that liberation brought.
article_snippet.sent: Glorious video footage shows euphoria in St Helier as the news of German surrender broke; the Union Jack being hoisted at the Pomme D'Or Hotel.
article_snippet.sent: In a way, the Pomme D'Or Hotel still does, peering across what is now called Liberation Square, where a tall bronze sculpture captures seven people in the act of raising the flag – laughing, as if they are flying a kite.
article_snippet.sent: It is not difficult to grasp why it was coveted.