Tag Archives: 75th anniversary of D-Day

One Can Only Imagine

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

The National D-Day Memorial and the town of Bedford are places that force the imagination to engage. This was especially true on Thursday, during the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. The first plane to fly over was a … Continue reading →

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D-Day Arrives in Marsh Point

Posted on June 5, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

Seventy-five years ago tomorrow morning, Americans up and down the East Coast awoke–or were awakened by–the news that the Allies had begun the invasion of Fortress Europe by landing troops on the beaches of Normandy. (Of course, folks on the … Continue reading →

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Bob Hope and D-Day

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

It is easy to imagine the excitement that Americans felt on the morning of June 6, 1944, rising as they did to news that the Allied Expeditionary Force had landed on the Normandy beaches. It was a quiet excitement, however; … Continue reading →

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D-Day: Remembered and Re-lived

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

The 75th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy–D-Day–will occur three weeks from today. D-Day was the turning point in the war in Europe; some have gone so far as to say that June 6, 1944 was the most crucial … Continue reading →

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Make Plans to Attend the 75th Commemoration of the D-Day Invasion

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Austin Gisriel

The last great reunion of veterans from the War Between the States took place at Gettysburg in 1938. It was the 75th anniversary of the epic battle, and some 1,845* veterans from both North and South assembled to remember and … Continue reading →

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