![]() ![]() None of that would have happened without the men who were willing to lay down their lives for people they’d never met and ideals they couldn’t live without. D-Day Remembered: Directed by Charles Guggenheim. Royal Engagements to mark Remembrance 2014. And nations that once knew only the blinders of fear began to taste the blessings of freedom. The Kings speech on D-Day The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall attend commemorations in Normandy. And from Western Europe to East, from South America to Southeast Asia - 70 years of democratic movement spread. We stood once more with the people of this continent through a long twilight struggle until finally a wall tumbled down, and an Iron Curtain, too. A series of major commemorations is planned to mark this historic occasion, with events planned. We worked to turn old adversaries into new allies. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings, on 6 June 1944, also known as D-Day. ![]() (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)ĭescribing Normandy as "democracy's beachhead," the President explained how our victory in World War II "decided not just a century, but shaped the security and well-being of all posterity." Full B-Roll of the D-Day commemorative jump executed 8 June 2014 onto Iron Mike Drop Zone outside of Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France. President Barack Obama acknowledges veterans during the 70th French-American Commemoration D-Day Ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2014. In the words of one man, we will take care of the fallen “as if their tombs were our children’s.” And the people of France, you have kept your word like the true friends you are. He went on to thank the people of France for their generosity to Americans who have come "over the generations - to these beaches, and to this sacred place of rest for 9,387 Americans."Īt the end of the war, when our ships set off for America, filled with our fallen, tens of thousands of liberated Europeans turned out to say farewell, and they pledged to take care of the more than 60,000 Americans who would remain in cemeteries on this continent. On June 6, 1944, before dawn broke across the beaches of Normandy, scores of allied service members prepared to fight a battle that would decide the fate of freedom in the 20th century. "I’m honored to return here today to pay tribute to the men and women of a generation who defied every danger - among them, our veterans of D-Day," President Obama said. British veterans commemorate 71st D-day anniversary in Normandy D-day The Guardian. Presidential Proclamation -D-Day National Remembrance Day, 2014. In his remarks, he paid tribute to the American and Allied forces who fought during the D-Day landings in June of 1944. veterans, the President attended the 70th French-American Commemoration D-Day Ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Omaha Beach. Earlier today - the last day of his current trip across Europe - President Obama traveled to Normandy, France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day.Īfter meeting with World War II and post-9/11 U.S. ![]()
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