D-day Ceremonies - Normandy

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65th D-DAY ANNIVERSARY

6 June 1944 - 6 June 2009

(Updated: April, 25 2009)

You are a D-day veteran ...

...and you plan to be in Normandy for the 65th anniversary

James L. LOCKHART

29th Division - 115th Regiment - B Company

Omaha Beach

Robert. LOWRY

29th Division - 116th Regiment - C Company

Omaha Beach

Jack PORT

4th Division - 12th Regiment - E Company

Utah Beach

Harold BAUMGARTEN

29th Division - 116th Regiment - B Company

Omaha Beach

George "Jimmy" GREEN

551st Assault Flotilla

Omaha Beach

will be with us in Normandy for the 65th anniversary

UTAH BEACH AREA

3 JUNE 2009

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) : Reconstruction of a headquarters of the 4th ID and of a medical post.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) : The Open Air Museum is open.

4 JUNE 2009

Amfreville (50) at 4.00 pm: Ceremony.

Goubesville (50) at 4.00 pm: Ceremony - 82nd & 90th's monuments.

Picauville (50) at 2.00 pm: Ceremony.

Pont l'Abbe (50) at 2.00 pm: Ceremony - 90th's monument.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) : Reconstruction of a headquarters of the 4th ID and of a medical post.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) at evening: Conference - Utah Beach Museum.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50): Airborne Festival - Airborne Museum.

5 JUNE 2009

Carentan (50) at 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm: Historical Tour with 1940's vehicles.

Carentan (50) at 3.00 pm - 3.45 pm: Peace Concert with 395 children - Town Hall.

Carentan (50) at 5.30 pm: Official and religious ceremony.

Carentan (50) at 9.00 pm - 10.00 pm: Folk Ambiance Spectacle - Place de la République.

Carentan (50) at 10.00 pm: 1940's dance - Village Hall.

Chef du Pont (50) at 1.00 pm: Lunch - near Merderet.

Chef du Pont (50) at 3.00 pm: Official ceremony.

Picauville (50) at 10.30 am: Dedication momument USAF - near Church.

Picauville (50) at 7.00 pm: Diner.

Saint Come du Mont (50) at 09:00 am - 06:00 pm: Organized by the D-Day Paratrooper Historical Center with the Dead Man's Corner Museum, the Municipality of Saint-Côme-du-Mont. This exhibition is relating the exploits of the 3rd Battalion of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division.

Saint Martin de Varreville (50) at 11.00 pm: 25 simultaneous firework displays. We count on local people by adding their own small flames to this tribute, each embodying the passing of the torch of remembrance to the younger generations.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) : Reconstruction of a headquarters of the 4th ID and of a medical post.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) at 8.00 pm - 11.00 pm: Band - Utah Beach Museum

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) at 11.00 pm: 25 simultaneous firework displays. We count on local people by adding their own small flames to this tribute, each embodying the passing of the torch of remembrance to the younger generations. Utah Beach Museum

Sainte Mere Eglise (50): Airborne Festival - Airborne Museum

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 8.00 am-4.00 pm: Guns show

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 2.30 pm: Welcoming to the Veterans.

6 JUNE 2009

Angoville au Plain (50) at 10.30 am: Official ceremony

Carentan (50) at 10.00 am: Historical Tour in bus.

Carentan (50) at 11.00 am: "Les Accro'chants" in concert - Village Hall.

Carentan (50) at 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm: Historical Tour - 1940's vehicles.

Carentan (50) at 4.00 pm: Concert

Carentan (50) at 5.00 pm: Fashion show (40')

Carentan (50) at 6.00 pm: Drops of paratroopers.

Carentan (50) at 9.00 pm: Concert

Carentan (50) at 9.30 pm: Drops of paratroopers.

Carentan (50) at 11.00 pm: Fireworks.

Picauville (50) at 2:00 pm: Commemorative ceremony in Pont l'Abbé

Saint Come du Mont (50) at 9:00 am - 6:00 pm: Organized by the D-Day Paratrooper Historical Center with the Dead Man's Corner Museum, the Municipality of Saint-Côme-du-Mont. This exhibition is relating the exploits of the 3rd Battalion of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division.

Saint Martin de Varreville (50) at 9.00 am: Ceremony - Utah Beach.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) : Reconstruction of a headquarters of the 4th ID and of a medical post.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) at 11:00 am: In tribute to Angelo Chatas at Utah Beach.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) at 5.00 pm: Laying of wreaths - Federal Monument - Utah Beach.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50): Airborne Festival - Airborne Museum.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 11.00 am - 12:00 am: Choral of the South Dakota.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 12.00 am - 2.00 pm: Normandy Day lunch - Place de l'Eglise.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 2.30 pm: Commemorative ceremony for peace at Milestone 0

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 4.30 pm - 5:00 pm: Musical entertainment at the Brittany MVCG camp (at racecourse).

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 6.30 pm: Laying of wreaths - Church.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 7.00 pm - 11.00 pm: Fireworks and Dance - Place de l'Eglise.

7 JUNE 2009

Carentan (50) at 9:00 am: March following the route taken by the 101st Airborne. 18 km trail across the Normandy countryside.

Carentan (50) at 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm: Historical Tour - 1940's vehicles.

Carentan (50) at 3.00 pm: Concert

Carentan (50) at 4.30 pm: Re-enactment of the parade after the D-Day. Commemorative ceremony in presence of Veterans.

Carentan (50) at 5.00 pm: Holland American Legion Band Concert - Center of the city.

Saint Come du Mont (50) at 9:00 am - 5:30 pm: Brothers in Arms March.

Saint Come du Mont (50) at 10:00 am: With the participation of John Beyrle, US Embassy representative in Russia and Veterans of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) : Reconstruction of a headquarters of the 4th ID and of a medical post.

Sainte Marie du Mont (50) at ??: Concert - Eglise.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 9.30 am: Commemorative ceremony : Stele near the stadium of Sainte-Mère-Eglise.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 10.00 am: Open-air mass for the 65th anniversary celebrated by the Bishop of Coutances and Avranches.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 10.30 am: Welcoming to the Veterans at the Town Hall.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 1.00 pm: Parachute drops - La Fière marsh.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 4.00 pm: Ceremony at Iron Mike Monument

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 5.00 pm: Welcoming of paratroopers on the church square by the Mayor and veterans.

Sainte Mere Eglise (50) at 7.30 pm: Liberty banquet, lunh time with militaries.

OMAHA BEACH AREA

3 JUNE 2009

Colleville sur Mer (14) at 9.00 am - 10:00 pm: The Big Red One Assault Museum welcomes fot the 3rd year about fourty people and some orignal vehicles (jeeps,GMC,half-track). A medic big tent and an original camp.

Colleville sur Mer (14) at 5.00 pm - 7:30 pm: Walks around the Wn62 strangpoint, along Omaha Beach between Vierville sur Mer and Saint Laurent sur Mer.

Grandcamp (14) at 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm: Historical exhibition - Salle d'animation.

4 JUNE 2009

Colleville sur Mer (14) at 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Walks around the Wn62 strangpoint, along Omaha Beach between Vierville sur Mer and Saint Laurent sur Mer.

Grandcamp (14) at 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm: Historical exhibition - Salle d'animation.

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 5.30 pm - 7:30 pm: Free meetings with witness of the D Day.

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 9.00 pm: Concert by the Band of the Republican Guard.

Vierville sur Mer (14): Reconstruction of the Maisy battery at Grandcamp-Maisy by 4th year students from the Collège Germain in Coutances, plus model ships and aeroplanes.

Vierville sur Mer (14) at 10.30 am: Open-air talks and first-hand accounts from American veterans - National Guard monument.

Vierville sur Mer (14) at 5.30 pm - 7:30 pm: Free meetings with witness of the D Day.

5 JUNE 2009

Colleville sur Mer (14) at 8:30 pm: A free outdoor film showing.

Colleville sur Mer (14) at 11.00 pm: 25 simultaneous firework displays. We count on local people by adding their own small flames to this tribute, each embodying the passing of the torch of remembrance to the younger generations.

Grandcamp-Maisy (14) at 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm: Historical exhibition - Salle d'animation.

Grandcamp-Maisy (14) at 11.00 pm: 25 simultaneous firework displays. We count on local people by adding their own small flames to this tribute, each embodying the passing of the torch of remembrance to the younger generations.

Port en Bessin (14) at 11.00 pm: 25 simultaneous firework displays. We count on local people by adding their own small flames to this tribute, each embodying the passing of the torch of remembrance to the younger generations.

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 11.00 pm: 25 simultaneous firework displays. We count on local people by adding their own small flames to this tribute, each embodying the passing of the torch of remembrance to the younger generations.

Sainte Honorine des Pertes (14) at 11.00 pm: 25 simultaneous firework displays. We count on local people by adding their own small flames to this tribute, each embodying the passing of the torch of remembrance to the younger generations.

Vierville sur Mer (14): Reconstruction of the Maisy battery at Grandcamp-Maisy by 4th year students from the Collège Germain in Coutances, plus model ships and aeroplanes.

Vierville sur Mer (14) at 11.00 pm: 25 simultaneous firework displays. We count on local people by adding their own small flames to this tribute, each embodying the passing of the torch of remembrance to the younger generations.

6 JUNE 2009

Bayeux (14) at 10.30 am: The evening of the Liberation - Place de Gaulle

Colleville sur Mer (14) at 10.00 am - 10:30 am: Ceremony at 1st Infantry Division monument

Colleville sur Mer (14) at 2.30 pm: Ecumenical religious ceremony - Normandy American Cemetery

Grandcamp (14) at 5.00 pm - 6.00 pm: Historical exhibition - Salle d'animation

Isigny sur Mer (14) at 07:00 pm: Great picnic and free concert.

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 9.30 am: Laying of wreaths - St Laurent airfield.

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 10.00 am: Laying of wreaths - Ruquet monument commemorating the 2nd US Infantry Division.

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 11.00 am: Laying of wreaths - Signal monument

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 3.30 pm: Laying of wreaths - Signal monument

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 7.30 pm - 11.00 pm: This traditional appointment has attracted for a few years more than 1200 people. For its 5th birthday, the most important picnic Normandy Day will be framed by: procession of military vehicles of the MVT, animation with the schoolboys, musical environment - The Signal Monument on the beach.

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 11.00 pm: Firworks - Beach

Vierville sur Mer (14) at 9:00 am - 7:00 pm: Reconstruction of a WWII US Army camp (29th Division).

Vierville sur Mer (14) at 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Ceremony at 29th Infantry Division monument

Vierville sur Mer (14): Reconstruction of the Maisy battery at Grandcamp-Maisy by 4th year students from the Collège Germain in Coutances, plus model ships and aeroplanes.

7 JUNE 2009

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 8.30 am - 9:00 am: Procession of 250 military vehicles along Omaha Beach.

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 9.30 am - 5:30 pm: Free walk organised by the Town Hall of St Laurent sur Mer in order to discover the beach and its history

Saint Laurent sur Mer (14) at 5:30 am: Flag-raising - Signal Monument.

Vierville sur Mer (14) at 9:00 am - 7:00 pm: Reconstruction of a WWII US Army camp (29th Division).

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