Jun 6, 2019
Image: Official Normandy World Peace Poster - en.normandie-tourisme.fr
The memory lives on according to en.normandie-tourisme.fr! 6th June 2019 marks the start of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle of Normandy and with it, a momentous occasion to celebrate peace, liberty and reconciliation.
Normandy, Land Of Liberty
On 6 June 1944 and during the long summer that followed, men from all over the world came to fight in Normandy to defeat Nazism and re-establish freedom. Normandy will bear the scars of this moment in history for ever and every year we remember and pay tribute to the veterans from America, Britain, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Norway, Poland and Australia, along with their brothers in arms, those many heroes who lost their lives here during that summer of 1944.
With its many museums, historic sites, cemeteries and cultural and teaching facilities, Normandy is truly an open-air history book. All these places can be discovered by families, who can transmit the exceptionally important lessons of history here to new generations.
A Very Special Anniversary
Throughout summer 2019, Normandy will celebrate the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy with due splendor and emotion. A rich and unprecedented programme of events will be put together to bring the memory of this tragic period of world history to life, all while emphasizing the spirit of hope. The anniversary will be commemorated with military parades, firework displays, airdrops, giant picnics, concerts and military camp re-enactments.
On 5 June 2019, the Daks Over Normandy event will follow into the footsteps of the Greatest Generation! About 250 men and women will board an aircraft in the United Kingdom to, exactly like 75 years before, fly across the English Channel and to jump into the historic drop zones of Normandy. They will be wearing WWII style Allied uniforms and will jump military round parachutes. It will be an event which has no equal.
An International Commemoration
On 6 June 2019 at 6pm, the official international ceremony celebrating this major anniversary will take place on Juno Beach and will be attended by many Allied Heads of State. US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May and many other world leaders and dignitaries will all be in Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary.
UNESCO World Heritage Site Candidacy
In January 2018, the French Ministry of Culture announced the official candidacy of the D-Day landing beaches to be included on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
This listing will help preserve these sites and transmit the universal messages they represent to future generations. Indeed, Normandy's D-Day landing beaches have come to symbolise universal hopes for freedom and peace, and beyond that, for reconciliation.
Normandy D-Day Festival 2019
Every year since 2007, the Normandy D-Day Festival, organised by the tourist offices in Bayeux and several of the D-Day Landing Beaches, commemorates the triumphal arrival of the liberators. For this very special anniversary, an unprecedented programme of festive events will take place from 25 May to 16 June. Come and enjoy parachute landings, musical firework displays, picnics, parades, concerts and exhibitions!
Normandy World Peace Forum
The Normandy World Peace Forum is a major international event initiated by the Normandy Region, which will be attended by heads of state, leading academics, political specialists and guest speakers. The second edition will take place on 4th and 5th June 2019 in Caen, just before the anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, and will provide a platform for reflection and exchange on world tensions and peace building.
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