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June 6 marks the 69th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of France. To these people, we owe the freedom that we have today. Let us never forget their sacrifice.
Thursday, June 06, 2013
69th D-Day Anniversary
June 6 marks the 69th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of France. To these people, we owe the freedom that we have today. Let us never forget their sacrifice.
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I agree with you Andy.
ReplyDeleteA somber day indeed. One could spend a lifetime studying just this battle.
ReplyDeleteI had seen this movie long ago in the sixties and yesterday is was on televison here again. I remembered it was in B&W, but it was suddenly in colour now!
ReplyDeleteThe Dutch will be grateful for our Canadian liberators for ever. A few years ago we visited the beaches and cemeteries in Normandy. There you realize what a huge operation it has been with so many young man who came from abroad to fight for us.
Thank you for your kind comments. At the end of the war, the Dutch people and Princess Juliana expressed their thanks to Canada by sending to Ottawa the Capital City Of Canada thousands of tulips. The gift of tulips is now a yearly tradition and the Capital receives 20,000 tulip bulbs each year from the Netherlands.
DeleteFor sure a day to be remembered!
ReplyDeleteAlong and terrifying day. It's not remembered like it should be.
ReplyDeleteGood one, Andy!
ReplyDeleteWonderful way to remember, Andy. What a battle.
ReplyDeleteIt is a day etched into the minds of many. Anything to do with history should be part of the school curriculum... in my humble opinion.
ReplyDeleteAmen. My father was there. He never talked about it. Never.
ReplyDeleteAGREED!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Andy. I have read numerous books and accounts of D-Day and have visited the beaches and the nearby cemeteries. From my perspective, D-Day was the turning point in the war and the soldiers and sailors who participated were all heroes, to a person.
ReplyDeleteso very true!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder, Andy. I wish there were more reminders, yours was the only one this year.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this. While the invasion was a pivitol step in freeing Europe there was no mention of the ocassion from the White House yesterday.
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