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Thursday night: The lights go on for Blank Park Zoo’s Wild Lights Festival starting at 7:30 p.m. Through May 27 on Wednesday through Sunday nights, the zoo at 7401 S.W. Ninth St., Des Moines ...
Thursday night: Country star Zach Bryan won the hearts of Iowans at Hinterland last summer. Now he spends two nights at Wells Fargo Arena, 730 Third St., Des Moines, at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday ...
National D-Day Memorial pool with landing craft, American soldier, and German beach barrier. The National D-Day Memorial Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3)organization that had its beginnings as a small committee in 1988 with the prospect of building a memorial to dedicate the sacrifices made by the Allied Forces on D-Day. The idea had been ...
US D-Day veterans attend an event at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial as part of the 79th anniversary D-Day celebrations on June 6, 2023. - Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Negra this week visited the Normandy American Cemetery of Colleville-sur-Mer and attended a series of D-Day celebrations with a group of about 50 U.S. veterans. The 80th anniversary “is the same as when I went through the towns during WWII,” he said. People “were in the windows, in the doorways and they were on the streets.
Civilian casualties on D-Day and D+1 are estimated at 3,000. [203] The Allied victory in Normandy stemmed from several factors. German preparations along the Atlantic Wall were only partially finished; shortly before D-Day Rommel reported that construction was only 18 per cent complete in some areas as resources were diverted elsewhere. [204]
Since August 2020, the ticket to the D-Day Story has included access to landing craft tank LCT 7074. The landing craft is prominently displayed outside the museum. LCT 7074 is the last remaining, restored British-built D-Day landing craft of its kind. On LCT 7074 visitors can explore the tank deck, the upper deck, and the bridge deck.
The tides and sands of Normandy will always hold historic significance. But there is a recognition at this year’s D-Day celebrations that it may be one of the last featuring this many veterans ...