Lewis, with his extensive knowledge of local Civil War history, was keynote speaker at the unveiling he orchestrated. Double-luminaria identified the resting places of the cemetery’s Civil War ...

From medieval tapestries to a 1,000-year city party, Ilfracombe’s twinning trip offers a taste of true French life ...

Five soldiers from Philadelphia will be recognized as part of the 81st D-Day anniversary, marking their service with the 1st ...

The event at the New Milton War Memorial commemorated the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe. The town council and Royal British Legion's New Milton branch organised the event on Thursday, May 8.

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Twenty years after planning the Allied invasion of Normandy, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower received a letter that asked him how the June 6, 1944, amphibious assault came to be commonly called D-Day.

The effort has since expanded to include other cemeteries, thanks in part to Historical Society member Floyd Andrick, who organized the first Civil War Veteran Cemetery Tour in Coleman.

Hermanville War Cemetery, near Sword Beach ... "There is a row of graves in Bayeux where there is 12 Green Howards (Ken's regiment) all in a row and I have stood there and I have cried because I could ...

Every time he returns to Normandy, he visits the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Bayeux and another at Ranville. He said: “If cemeteries could be called beautiful, then they are beautiful.

THE wind swirls sand around my boots and gulls bounce overhead as I read the 47 Royal Marine Commando Memorial at the viewpoint in Port-en-Bessin, the site of a daring raid following D-Day.

at the Bayeux War Cemetery, where more than 4,000 British soldiers are buried; it’s a fitting place to end my journey through their story. WALKING Normandy’s D-Day beaches with Inntravel ...