Photo of the day From the Stripes archives

May 16, 2005

 

Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Lourdes, France, May 17, 1964: Pilgrims marching in a candlelight parade near the Rosary Church are seen in a time-exposure photo. Every year, thousands visit the grotto marking the spot where, in 1858, young Bernadette Soubirous said the Virgin Mary appeared to her. Miraculous cures have been attributed to the waters at the shrine's spring.