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Few or no parties, parades, balls, conferences, concerts, festivals, parachuting, but ceremonies in restricted committee. However, in the spirit as in the will, Carentan and Normandy did not forget. The dates of the first days of June are forever engraved in history and in the collective memory.
This year, internet technology is once again being used to transmit and communicate the same messages of gratitude for the liberators, and to connect all those for whom the sacrifices made 77 years ago mean something.
The 77th anniversary of D-Day will be commemorated in a form far removed from the one usually offered to the inhabitants of Carentan and the thousands of visitors, as evidenced by this poster, which features one of the many emblematic images of the liberation, the awarding of the Silver Star to the four Carentan colonels by General Maxwell Taylor on June 15, 1944.
The website carentan1944.com summarizes in its many sections the legacy of 77 years of memories, gratitude and friendship between nations. Stay connected with us to follow the 77th D-Day Anniversary !
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Jodi Martin, granddaughter of G/506 PIR veteran James Pee Wee Martin jumped yesterday in Xenia, Ohio to celebrate her hero grandfather’s 100th birthday. She jumped with the Star Spangled banner and the Norman leopards from the flag given to Tom Rice (C/501st) last year by Jean Pierre Lhonneur, Mayor of Carentan les Marais. Tom will also celebrate his 100th birthday this year…
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Clément Horvath, a 31-year-old author from Tours,France, will present on Tuesday 14 July at the shop “la petite Musette” Volume 2 of his book “Till Victory” which retraces the Second World War through the unpublished letters of allied soldiers. Clément has spent a good fifteen years collecting the correspondence of several dozen Allied soldiers, British, Canadian and American, engaged in the Second World War.
The second volume has just been published. From the beaches of Normandy to the ravaged villages of Germany, through the Dutch polders and the snow of the Ardennes, we discover the journeys of some forty American, British, Canadian or French soldiers through their intimate letters written in the heart of the European battlefields. To illustrate these period accounts, published for the first time, numerous relics, original uniforms and personal photographs are presented.
Clément Horvath holds a Master’s degree in service marketing. He first worked in advertising and marketing in France and Denmark before joining the “My-Serious-Game” team (a company in Tours that creates fun training programs) where he is community manager.
“Little by little, I understood all that these soldiers had done, the meaning of their combat, their sacrifice so that our generations would not live under any diktat. I just wanted to say thank you to them. Thank you for allowing me to live in a free world. »
The book is also available in French.
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Grand Bal de la Libération
Grand Bal de la Libération at the Salle du Haut-Dick, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais, Saturday 7th June, 2025:
- Concert by the 101st Airborne Band, the Carentan Municipal Band and Madeeson & Co
Admission 12€ – Online ticketing at: https://carentanlesmarais.vostickets.net/billet/
Doors open at 7:30pm / Start at 8:30pm
Large dance floor
Catering
Dress code appreciated
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As every year, the re-enactment of an exodus will precede the arrival of the Carentan Liberty March!
If you’d like to take part, meet up on Saturday June 7 at 3:00 pm on the esplanade of the Aquadick swimming pool, arriving at Place du Grand Valnoble at 4:00 pm!
This event will once again be eagerly awaited, as it pays tribute to the civilian victims of war and to the people forced to take to the roads to flee the fighting.
It is therefore important for participants to maintain the seriousness and attention to detail for which the re-enactment of the Carentan exodus is renowned:
- Sober attire
- No lipstick
- No pin-up
- No ballroom/wedding attire
- No weapons
- No Resistance armbands
The organization reserves the right to refuse anyone who does not meet these criteria.
If you’d like to take part but are unsure about what to wear, don’t hesitate to ask the question via Messenger on the Carentan 1944 page.
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La Barquette Parachute Drops by RCPT and US Army
Parachuting by the RCPT association and the US Army, Saturday June 7, 2025 :
- Drop zone Goodgal, Route de Saint-Côme, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais
- Starts at 10:00 am
- Catering on site
