Racines de Jean Mermoz

The association "Roots of Jean Mermoz" was founded in September 2006 by Yves Guillaume, who was its president, with the aim of keeping alive the memory of Jean Mermoz in the Ardennes, and to gather a maximum of testimonies concerning the life of Jean Mermoz and his visits to our region.the wish of Mr Yves Guillaume, and the members of the association, is to obtain a permanent exhibition room in the old stables of the castle of Rocquigny (The castle of Rocquigny bought in 1934 by Jean Mermoz for his mother, sold by Mrs Mermoz towards 1953 to a farmer of Rocquigny, this residence in the state of abandonment, lost its last owner at the beginning of 2006. Yves Guillaume, spent his childhood near this castle, that's why, in the hope that the municipality buys this house and its park to restore it, he founded this association to revive the memory of this famous aviator in the whole world, and forgotten in the region of his childhood) A small quarterly booklet is drafted for the members of the association, if you have anecdotes or documents that can be published do not hesitate to contact us. The association Racines de Jean Mermoz has at its disposal a collection of about twenty panels on the life of Jean Mermoz, (collection offered in 2007, by the heritage of Air France to our association), and some documents, originals or photocopies, that we are always ready to expose in the various events which take place in the department of the Ardennes, or neighbouring, it is enough to warn us a few months in advance to organize us.