Commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Landing

For the fifty-fifth anniversary of the Landing, Vierville was among the sites selected by the Landing Committee and the U.S. military. The municipality announced several demonstrations and the return of veterans of the 29th Division and the National Guard.

A permanent exhibition, Omaha D-Day, presented equipment, objects and documents related to the Landing in the former museum. Collection military vehicles were to be exhibited in front of the town hall on June 5 and 6.

On Saturday, June 5, the program provided for the arrival of the veterans of the 29th Division at 3:30 p.m., and then those of the National Guard at 4 p.m. At 4:30 p.m., a deposit of wreaths at the National Guard monument and the inauguration of Place Jean-Sainteny, former resistance fighter, in the presence of the civil and military authorities of the allied countries, were to take place.

On Sunday, June 6, a wreath deposit was announced at 10:30 a.m. at the 29th Division Monument, followed at 11 a.m. by a wreath filing and speeches at the National Guard monument, in the presence of the Minister of Veterans Affairs and representatives of the United States.

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