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Old 06-06-2018, 12:06 PM   #1
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June 6, 1944--- THE LONGEST DAY -- thank you to all that served and especially to those that GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE----RIP FED 387
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Old 06-06-2018, 01:42 PM   #2
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June 6, 1944--- THE LONGEST DAY -- thank you to all that served and especially to those that GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE----RIP FED 387
Not much on the news about D day. I guess they are more concerned about that purse designer that committed suicide and the Eagles not going to the WH instead. Maybe later ?????
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Old 06-06-2018, 04:22 PM   #3
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MSNBC had a very good story on the D-Day 6 June 1944 commemoration during the morning block and a repeat later in the day. As this is also the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy they have been showing the news coverage from 1968. I'm fairly sure that there will be a segment on the "Big 3" during the news hour, as well as Fox and NPR. I would be surprised if NEWSMAX wasn't having special coverage, that is if they can find the time with all their "Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich" programming.



I went to the National D-Day Museum in Bedford, VA a few years ago, and I highly recommend it. I'll try to find the pictures I took and post them later. The symbolism of how the grounds are laid-out is notable as well. They have a larger-than-life diorama of the approach to Omaha Beach with air-jets in the water representing the bullets ricocheting around the Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Division. It will take your breath away! Bedford lost more fathers, sons, brothers and cousins on that beach, on that day, then any community in America. Make sure your children remember that.
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Old 06-07-2018, 12:10 AM   #4
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Here are the pictures from the National D-Day Memorial and Museum in Bedford, Virginia. As I mentioned, the symbolism here is striking, but you really need to experience for yourself as the sights AND sounds make quite a statement. The location off of U.S. Route 360 is very close to I-81, so if you're heading Northeast from Bristol, this would be a worthwhile side-trip.


In reference to the original post, there was more coverage of the D-Day commemoration this evening, including a rather "bizarre" story concerning the Hon. Heather Nauert, late of the Fox News Channel, and now the Acting #4 in our Department of State, who somehow inexplicably thought that D-Day was a "sign" of our long standing "friendship and co-operation" with the German people! Hopefully someone took the time to explain to her that we were on opposite sides of the beaches of Normandy that day, where over 9000 American Soldiers "gave their last full measure of devotion" to bring peace to Fortress Europe.


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Old 06-07-2018, 10:20 AM   #5
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Thank you for posting this, Lew.
We have all intentions of visiting the memorial there sometime this, or next, year.
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