A large percentage of our country doesn't know of or
care about Normandy. A few weekends ago, British artist Jamie,
accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes
and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes representing fallen people into
the sand.
Titled “The Fallen 9000”, the piece is meant as a stark visual
reminder of those who died during the D-Day beach landings at Arromanches on
June 6th, 1944 during WWII. The original team consisted of 60 volunteers,
but as word spread nearly 500 additional local residents arrived to help with
the temporary installation that lasted only a few hours before being washed
away by the tide 9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched into the Sand on
Normandy Beach to Commemorate Peace Day.
What is surprising is that nothing about this was
seen here in the US.
Someone from overseas had a friend that sent it with
a note of gratitude for what the US started there. Please share with others who
understand "freedom is not free-- nor has it ever been"
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