D-Day

[vdub]

You Brits certainly know how to put on a classy show. I'm glad we can count you and the rest of the common wealth as special friends... Thanks!!

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join Normandy D-Day celebrations as they meet British veterans for tea party | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2650417/Dawn-breaks-Longest-Day-Flags-fly-half-mast-beaches-Northern-France-70-years-ago-today-150-000-Allied-troops-mounted-biggest-amphibious-invasion-D-Day.html)

[Pete]

My Uncle Ken Cunin went onto Omaha Beach at H-hour on D-Day with the US 1st Infantry division. My Dad George Schaeffer went onto Omaha Beach on D+5. Both survived and went on to live long and peaceful lives...

Freedom is not free!

[chrisTIn@]

I saw the ceremony today on television. Very impressive.
About nine years ago we visited Omaha Beach during our stay in Normandy, France, with our daughter who was then 15 years old and eager to know all about WW II.
Standing on that beach was an experience we 'll never forget.

[renidrag]

Watched History channel all day. The greatest generation. The avatar is of the British Royal Air Force doing a fly over at Normandy.
Dale

[Alysia]

great avatar Dale :thumbup:

[BookNut]

The Greatest Generation is a subject dear to my heart. A few years ago a social studies teacher did an incredibly powerful thing. He decided that Veterans Day had too little meaning to our kids (high school, grades 9-12). He wanted to make it real to the kids. So, he asked the teachers to send him pictures and stories about the war veterans in their families. He compiled everything into a very moving powerpoint, which he showed to the whole school in a morning assembly the day before the Veterans Day Holiday. It was amazing. Seeing how the service of their teachers' family members had impacted that family through the generations, as well as impacting history was just what the students needed to make it real for them. There was complete silence, broken only by the tears in the audience. I do not have the whole powerpoint - simply the part I contributed. It is about my family - especially my father, a captain in the British Merchant Navy during World War II. It is a tribute to the Brits - their bravery and their gratitude to the American veterans. Here is a link to the powerpoint which I have converted into a word document, because I know not everyone has the PowerPoint program. Mason-Hedworth Family Veterans Day Word Document (http://wanderingbooknut.weebly.com/uploads/9/3/4/5/9345192/veteransdayslidedoc.docx) Hopefully it will open! If not - just go to this link and scroll down to click on the link. English Cloth Dolls - Wandering Booknut (http://wanderingbooknut.weebly.com/english-cloth-dolls.html)

[windchime]

Jacquie what a moving tribute to your family. So sorry you lost both of your parents so young, but I'm glad you were still able to see your family in England. Nice job!!

[BookNut]

Thank you so much. I hope to meet my parents some day. My earliest memory is only about two months after my mother's death. My grandparents were pretty amazing. Imagine taking on a 2 year old at age 50! You might enjoy this family story which illustrates their sense of humor. It is from my blog. My source for humor. A tribute to my grandparents. « Wanderings? (http://wanderings.edublogs.org/2008/09/17/my-source-for-humor-a-tribute-to-my-grandmother/)