French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give

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Danny Deraney
@DannyDeraney
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May 31, 2021
On this #MemorialDay I love to share this video.

French caretakers take the sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give them the brown/gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. The French remember what we (and our fellow allies) did for them. I took this in Normandy

a few years ago on June 6, the anniversary of D-Day.

They were made by local school children. This is in Pont l'Eveque, Normandy.



"Thank you for liberating us."

[soothsayer]

2. That's beautiful

[intheozone]

3. Oh darn, now I have something in my eye

[The Jungle 1]

4. Yea me to

My Father was there and would love this beautiful act.
82nd. He always said he didn't want to get his feet wet.

[GB_RN]

12. My Next Doo Neighbor

Was a Lt in the 82nd Airborne on D-Day. He was in the door of his plane looking down and could see the flak bursts. Said one was coming up straight at his plane and that was the only time in his life he came close to believing in a god.

[StClone]

5. The Sands of omaha Beach no doubt

My Dad almost was at this beach. Thank goodness for me he was sent to the less hazardous attack on Utah Beach.

[wnylib]

6. The French aided us in our Revolution.

They also gave us the Statue of Liberty.

The gratitude is two way.

Perhaps we should also have an international Memorial Day for people everywhere who gave their lives to the cause of liberty and democracy. I'm thinking of British bomber pilots and the civilians who endured the bombings of London, resistance people in occupied countries, the people who died in concentration camps, the people who helped Jews, Poles, and political prisoners survive or avoid the camps, the people of South Africa who opposed apartheid - every place where people have taken a stand against fascism, communist authoritarianism, colonialism.

They are all heroes of human history.

[Pinback]

15. Wonderful post and a great idea!

[oldsoftie]

7. Had 2 uncles at D-DAY; 1 on the ground & 1 on a ship

I hope the next generations of French continue these traditions

[magicguido]

8. while the Qwack party in the U.S. still worships Nazis.

[GB_RN]

13. So Much This

[orangecrush]

9. ...

[yonder]

10. A beautiful task for a solemn day.

Watching that got me all tight in the throat.

[kairos12]

11. A group of us Vets

did this at a grave at Belleau Wood. We used sand from the Vet’s hometown.

[Marthe48]

14. Honoring the ANTIFAs

who fell in WWII

Always remember, never forget

[Submariner]

16. They will all have died for nothing

if we do not arrest the development of the current fascist movement.