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Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May, and in 2009 it falls on May 25th. The holiday was originally called Decoration Day, to officially honor US men and women who dies while in the military service. June 6, 2004 was the 60th anniversary of D-Day, and history outline can be viewed here.

The official birthplace of and city to first honor Memorial Day was Waterloo Iowa. Memorial Day was officially proclaimed by General John Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic [a Veteran's organization[ on May 5, 1868. The holiday was first observed on May 30 th of that same year. Flowers were thus placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. For more details on the history of Memorial Day visit here.

Le Memorial de Caen [Peace Museum] in France history leading up to The D Day Landing on the Beaches of Normandy, honoring American
Soldiers is an exceptional tribute and must see monuments and cemeteries that honor American WWII soldiers, civilians . . . all Americans that
died in this invasion that turned the war around. Visit these outstanding war memorials in France, you can book the tours below:

Visit the WWII War Memorial Sites where the Allies fought to regain Freedom

Full Day Tour from Paris
Tour Available From
Apr 1st to Oct 31st

It will be with very strong feelings when you visit these areas where the Allies fought to recover freedom in 1944.

You will be picked up at your hotel by a minibus, and then taken to the main bus station in Paris to take a motor coach to Normandy. Drive along the Normandy motorway with stops at the following [this is a full day tour]:
Visit the Memorial-Peace Museum. Lunch with drinks included Winter/Summer. Point du Hoc (stop), Omaha Beach:
Saint-Laurent (visit of the around one hour to the American Cemetery), Stop at Arromanches and continue on to the Landing beaches of Gold and Juno at the Canadian Memorial. Stop on the way back to Paris. Licensed guide in English & French.

THE TOUR INCLUDES
▪ Stop at Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach
▪ Visit of about one hour to the American Cemetery in Saint-Laurent, where 9,386 Americans rest guarded by the Spirit of the American Youth, a 22 foot-high bronze figure.
▪ Stop for a commented visit and lunch (drinks included) at the Memorial-Peace Museum of Caen. Historical events leading to the D-Day Invasion and much more.
▪ Next stop is Arromanches, the landing beaches of Gold, Juno where the Canadians, French and British landed.

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NORMANDY LANDING BEACHES
The green and peaceful Normandy with its picturesque fishing harbors and its lovely resorts was also the stage of the operation Overlord. At dawn of June 6, 1944, one of history's most decisive battles, led by General Eisenhower, began with the Allied invasion of German-held Normandy. Travel through Normandy to Caen by the Western motorway. The landing beaches--a part of the Norman coast once defended by the Atlantic Wall--was heroically pierced by the Allies during the landing on June 6, 1944.

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