SUNDAY MAY 12
Carentan-les-Marais
5 pm : République square, arrival of the Flame of Liberty. The flame will remain in the Notre-Dame church until June 6.
Free admission.
Contact : town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
SATURDAY MAY 18
Carentan-les-Marais
9 pm : Theatrical walk around D-Day as part of Pierres en Lumière –
Marina / Church / Place de la République / Square Hervé Mangon
Free, without reservation
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 42 74 00
FRIDAY MAY 31
Sainte-Mere-Eglise
Between 10 am and 12.45 pm : Passing of the Olympic flame.
From 11am : around the church, musical and sporting entertainment, presentation of Normandy champions.
Further information: saintemereeglise.
Contact : Town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
SATURDAY JUNE 1
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
9 am : docteur Masselin street, opening of the Geronimo camp
Entertainment program
Free
Contact : Airborne Museum > 0033 233 41 41 35
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
10 am : Lieutenant Colonel Wolverton monument, opening of Camp Kil Roy
Free
Contact : association Passeurs de Mémoire < 0033 636 46 15 06
10 am-1pm: D-DAY Experience, parachute packing demonstration with the RCPT (Round Canopy Parachuting Team)
Contact : D-DAY Experience > 0033 233 23 61 95
Saint-Marcouf-de-l’Isle
10 am : Crisbecq street, opening of the Crisbecq Battery camp.
Contact : Batterie de Crisbecq > 0033 982 57 61 92
Méautis
10 am : Donville manor, opening of the re-enactment camp at the bloody gulch memorial museum.
On the program: shows, concerts and dynamic demonstrations, exhibitions and guided tours.
Free
Retro-style refreshment bar on site
Contact : Donville manor> 0033 647 51 02 69 / 0033 233 42 03 22
Picauville
8.30 am-5.30 pm : salle J.C. Flambart, militaria fair
Admission : 4€
Catering on site
Marcel Rachine street
Contact : association Picauville se souvient > 0033 783 19 49 43 / charles.dennebouy@orange.fr
Carentan-les-Marais
8 am-6 pm : American road, covered market, military bourse. 
Event cancelled
Contact: Fourty Four Army Association > 06 60 73 71 71 / bourse0606carentan@gmail.com
10 am-6 pm : E. Leclerc supermarket, Les pages du Débarquement book fair.
A literary event dedicated to the Second World War and D-Day. Around ten authors will be present.
Free
Contact: espace culturel Leclerc Carentan > 0033 233 71 64 44
10 am : Saint-Côme road, opening of the “Purple Heart lane Camp “ re-enactment camp.
Free
Contact: M. Bojarski > 0033 603 44 17 21
12.45 pm : République square, passage of the Morbihan Memorial Relay flame.
2.30 pm-5.30 pm : Event cancelled Marina, parachute folding demonstration by the Round Canopy Parachuting Team (RCPT)
Free
2:30 pm : guided cruise through the marshes. Patrick Fissot, history teacher, will present the crucial role of the Cotentin marshes during the war.
Price : €20/adult and €15/child. Departure from Cotentin street, Taute pier.
Booking required > Les Bateliers des Marais: 0033 683 60 08 12
8.30 pm: Grand Valnoble square, “le chant des combattantes” show. A live show retracing the destiny of three women from 1939 to 1946, Nénette, Lucienne and Yvonne, originally from Normandy, united in the turmoil by their unfailing friendship and the hope of a new-found peace.
Free, no reservation required
Contact : town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
All day : outside the museum, HVCA (Histoire Vivante de Cavalerie Allemande) exhibition: Presentation of German carriages and artillery.
Free admission.
Around 9.45 am : the La voie de la liberté bicycle tour, bringing together several hundred cyclists, stops at the museum.
8.30 pm-10 pm : Greenfield room, “Mon Jour le plus long” show: chronicler for the french TV and press cartoonist, Emmanuel Chaunu is well known to audiences in Normandy. In an interactive show that evolves with the audience, the cartoonist sketches his vision of the Longest Day.
Price: 20€/pers. By reservation only: 0033 687 11 00 35
Show in French.
Tour in a Dodge D-DAY SPECIAL departing from the museum. Aboard an old military vehicle dating from the 40s, a commented tour during which the guide/driver tells you about the history and sites of the D-Day landings.
Price : 44€/person.
Duration : 1h15
Information and booking > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Utah Beach/Sainte-Mère-Eglise
16th International Walk for Peace – “Transmets la Paix”.
15 km walk from Utah Beach to Sainte-Mère-Eglise.
Every year for the past 18 years, the International March for Peace has brought together between 800 and 1000 people. The march always starts at a historic site and ends in Sainte-Mère-Église, after a 20-km journey.
Three departures/stages:
1st start : 10 am, at the Utah Beach Landing Museum (10.3 km)
12pm, arrival at the Pôle de vie in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. Picnic lunch.
2nd start : 2pm, Pôle de vie hall in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (7 km)
4pm, arrival at Turqueville village hall. Snack break.
3rd start: 4.45pm, Turqueville village hall (2.5 km)
5.30 pm, arrival at Sainte-Mère-Eglise.
6 pm, ecumenical celebration at Notre-Dame de la Paix church.
7 pm, Liberté street, catering in the big top for participants and musical entertainment.
Morning and evening shuttle service for participants.
Participation in the walk: 3€. Free for children under 12.
Information and registration: 0033 233 41 41 48 / marcheinternationalepourlapaix.com
Angoville-au-Plain
10.30 am : mass at the church
11.30 am : Toccoa square, ceremony
Free
Contact: town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
11 am: Resistance monument, 101e Airborne street, ceremony in tribute to French resistance fighters.
Free
Contact: Musée du Débarquement > 0033 233 71 53 35
Méautis
9 pm : Bloody Gulch Memorial Museum, jazz concert with the band Two of us, followed by an immersive show at 10:45pm. Relive the night of June 5-6, 1944, as experienced by the Bucaille family. Discover the battle of Bloody Gulch on June 12 and 13. An immersive show with period vehicles and extras in period costume.
Price : 15€/person. Free for children under 5. Please bring ear protection (explosion noise). Accessible to wheelchair users.
Booking recommended : Donville manor> 0033 647 51 02 69 / 0033 233 42 03 22
Utah Beach and Saint-Martin-de-Varreville
11:30 pm : launch of the festivities for the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a blaze on the beaches. Some twenty simultaneous fireworks displays on all the historic beaches. Sainte-Marie-du-Mont and Saint-Martin-de-Varreville will each host a fireworks display.
Organization : Normandy Region and Comité du Débarquement
SATURDAY 1 AND SUNDAY JUNE 2
Utah Beach
Nautical base, 12 Allied road.
10 am-12pm/1.30pm-5 pm : Kite festival: workshop for children, kite flying, takeoffs, wind gardens, parachute drops, cacophonies etc.
Contact : Utah Mer Loisirs > 0033 667 47 01 15 or 0033 615 99 45 53
SATURDAY JUNE 1 TO SUNDAY JUNE 9
Sainte-Mère-Église
Military re-enactment camp organized by the Airborne Museum. Daily events, parades and workshops in the camp and church square.
Free admission. Open from 9 am to 8 pm daily
Docteur Masselin street
Contact : Airborne Museum > 0033 233 41 41 35
10 am-7pm : Photo workshop with Elisa Desmares: vintage decor and loan of period outfits for children and adults.
17€/photo.
No appointment necessary
16 bis rue du Général de Gaulle
Contact : 0033 671 01 28 15
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Camp around the church, village decorated in an atmosphere of liberation.
Every day at 6 p.m. (except tuesday, june 4 and sunday june 9), projection of a movie
and testimonials from civilians about Sainte-Marie-du-Mont during the Second the Second World War.
Catering and refreshments on site
Free
Contact : Union des commerçants > 0033 233 54 18 90
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
Camp Kil Roy
Reconstruction of an American camp.
Free admission. Open : 10 am-8 pm
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wolverton monument.
Contact : Association Passeurs de mémoire > 0033 636 46 15 06 / passeurmemoire@laposte.net
Carentan-les-Marais
Purple Heart Lane Camp
American and German re-enactment camp , trenches and foxholes.
Open : 10 am-6 pm
Free
Saint-Côme road (Pont D’ouve)
Contact : M. Bojarski > 0033 603 44 17 21
Saint-Marcouf-de-l’Isle
Crisbecq German battery
Reconstruction of German and American encampments.
Military surplus
Program from June 6 to 9 :
11 am-2 pm and 4 pm: re-enactment of the Battle of the Hedges, with armored vehicles.
Price : 12€/adult – 8€/child (includes site visit + show)
- June 7, 9pm: night show featuring the capture of the command bunker, followed by a fireworks display.
Single price: 12€/adult and 8€/child
No reservation required
Contact: Batterie de Crisbecq > 0033 982 57 61 92
Méautis
Donville Manor
Bloddy Gulch re-enactment camp. American and German civilian and military camp. Reconstruction of a 1944 grocery store. Exhibition of antique bicycles, reconstruction of an old grocery store and an old-fashioned school with lessons in writing with Indian ink and recitation of lessons. Hurdle-fighting demonstration.
Free admission. Opening hours: 9am – 10am.
Possibility of track experience in a period vehicle. Charge.
9 am – 6 pm : guided tour of the museum and manor house. History of the Bloody Gulch battlefield, explanation of the battle of June 12-13, 1944, archaeological remains, demonstration of the battle of the hedges.
Charge, Booking required.
Contact : manoir de Donville > 0033 647 51 02 69 / 0033 233 42 03 22
Osmanville (calvados)
Station 70 museum.
9.45 am : visit to bunker WN88. Visit based on testimonies from people who lived through this period, the history of the occupation and the landings.
5€/pers.
Catering on site from June 3 to 9, 11am to 9pm, chili con carne, 13.90€.
Contact > Mr Le Gleuher : 0033 674 72 25 15
SUNDAY JUNE 2
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
History and Memories Book Fair
10 am-6.30 pm : big tent. This14th edition brings together 49 authors and and historians on the Second World War and Normandy. Signing sessions, conferences and workshops for children.
11 am: a tribute to Joséphine Baker, by her son Jean-Claude Bouillon Baker, author of Le château sur la lune.
2.30 pm : meeting with Arlette Testyler, survivor of the Vel d’Hiv roundup, author of of J’avais neuf ans quand ils nous ont raflé. Grange de la Paix.
5.30pm : lecture by historian François Kersaudy on his book De Gaulle et Churchill, la mésentente
et Churchill, la mésentente cordiale. Grange de la Paix.
From May 16 to June 2, the library hosts an exhibition dedicated to Joséphine Baker, resistance fighter and for peace.
Free
Contact > Communauté de Communes de la Baie du Cotentin : 0033 233 21 00 33
4 pm-5 pm : Parade of civilians and resistance fighters from the 40s, on foot, by bike or on horseback.
Registration open to the whole family.
Contact: Airborne Museum > collection@airborne-museum.org / 0033 233 41 41 35
8.30 pm-10 pm: Airborne Museum, conference (in French) and dedication by Philippe Esvelin, who specializes in the history of his new book Winged Commandos.
Free
Contact : Airborne Museum > 0033 233 41 41 35
Picauville
8.30 am-5.30 pm : J.C Flambart hall, rue Marcel Rachine, military fair.
Admission : 4€
Catering on site
Contact: association Picauville se souvient > 0033 783 19 49 43 / denis1975.dennebouy@gmail.com
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
8 am-4 pm : Bellenau castle, military fair.
Admission : 4€/person. Free for children under 12.
6 Bel Esnault street
Contact: Mme Baan > montybay44@gmail.com / 0033 674 92 76 80
1 pm-3 pm : D-Day Experience, book signing by Philippe Esvelin, specialist in the history of American gliders and author of Winged Commandos.
Free
2 pm-5 pm : D-Day Experience, book signing by Sylvie Caillard, author of La mode des années 40, s’habiller sans renoncer.
Free
Contact: D-Day Experience > 0033 233 23 61 95
Brévands
10.30 am : le Moulin square, ceremony at the Filthy 13 monument, tribute to the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division.
Free admission
Contact : town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Carentan-les-Marais- parachuting of the Barquette bridge
10 am-noon : Saint-Côme road, parachute drop and air assault demonstration by the US Army.
11am-3pm : parachute drops with 250 parachutists in period costume with C-47 (historic aircraft) and entertainment by the Round Canopy Parachuting Team (RCPT).
Information on the free application D-DAY LIVE
Saint-Côme road, parachute drop with the RCPT with
Depending on weather conditions
4 pm: official ceremony at Carré de Choux, with WWII veterans.
5 pm : military parade from Carré de Choux to Monument Signal (front of the town hall)
5.30 pm : town hall, ceremony at Monument Signal.
Free entertainment.
Contact : town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
All day : outside the museum, HVCA (Histoire Vivante de Cavalerie Allemande) exhibition: Presentation of German carriages and artillery.
Free
11 am, 3 pm, 5 pm : outside the museum, horse-drawn convoy by the association (Histoire Vivante de Cavalerie Allemande). Parade of German and civilian carriages.
Free
Afternoon : outside the museum, presentation and demonstrations of airborne equipment by the ETO Group re-enactment group.
Free
Evening : terrace of the A10 Canteen restaurant, 40s/50s concert by the Madeeson group.
Free
Tour in a Dodge D-DAY SPECIAL departing from the museum. Aboard a vintage military vehicle dating from the 40s, a commented tour during which the guide/driver tells you about the history and sites of the D-Day landings.
Price: 44€/person
Duration : 1h15
Information and booking > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Méautis
5 pm : Bloody Gulch museum, immersive show. Relive the night of June 5-6, 1944, as experienced by the Bucaille family. Discover the battle of Bloody Gulch on June 12 and 13. An immersive show.
Price : 15€/person. Free for children under 5. Please bring ear protection (explosion noise). Accessible to wheelchair users.
Booking required : 0033 647 51 02 69 / 0033 233 42 03 22.
MONDAY JUNE 3
Ecausseville
8 am-5 pm : airship hangar, militaria fair.
Contact: association THE TIMBERWOLVES > 0033 608 45 24 65 / ballesterbarth@aol.com
Sainte-Mère-Église
9.30 am : church square, inauguration of the French Resistance monument.
11 am : church square, inauguration of the General Eisenhower statue.
3 pm : Liberté street, ceremony at the 3 cemeteries monument ( between the parish center and the Airborne Museum)
Free entertainment.
Contact: town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
4 pm : Général de Gaulle street, ceremony at the Alexandre Renaud monument. Monsieur Renaud, mayor of the town in 1944, welcomed the Allied troops on June 6.
5 pm : Général de Gaulle street, ceremony at the AVA (Amis des Vétérans Américains) monument.
6 pm : town hall, welcome drink for families and soldiers before the soldiers’ meal with their families. Residents can welcome American soldiers into their homes for a meal.
Contact: To welcome soldiers into your home, contact the association, Amis des Vétérans Américains > 0033 680 32 55 99
7 pm-8 pm : church square, display of vintage vehicles.
Free entertainment.
Contact: town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
8 pm-9.30 pm : Airborne Museum, conference (only in english) and book signing by Philippe Esvelin, a specialist in the history of American gliders. He will present his new book Winged Commandos.
Free
Contact : Airborne Museum > 02 33 41 41 35
Hiesville
10 am : road des gouyes, opening of the re-enactment camp at Château Colombière.
Guided tours and dioramas
Free
Contact: Airborne Medical Reenactment Group and HBT’44.
Houesville
10 am : La Pierre square, ceremony and unveiling of the stele in tribute to the 4 soldiers killed during a patrol on the night of June 8, 1944. They were buried by local residents.
Contact : city hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
All day : outside the museum, HVCA exhibition: presentation of German carriages and artillery. (Living History of German Cavalry)
Free
10 am-6 pm : museum hall, book signing by Maxime Mainguet, journalist, signing his first novel, Heure H, set in the early days of the Normandy Landings.
Free
11.30 am-3 pm : outside the museum, exhibition of some 60 US military vehicles: the UNIVEM association (Union Nationale des collectionneurs de Véhicules Militaires) is organizing a convoy that will stop at the museum for a few hours.
Free
5 pm-7 pm : Greenfield Hall, 1940s civilian fashion show. If you would like to take part in this fashion show, please register with Séverine AVON on 06 26 17 29 28. Around fifteen people will be selected. Men, women, children. Work wear, country chic.
Fashion is a powerful symbol of resistance in the face of oppression.
Free admission. Free admission.
Tour in a Dodge D-DAY SPECIAL departing from the museum. Aboard a vintage military vehicle dating from the 1940s, a commented tour during which the guide/driver tells you about the history and sites of the D-Day landings.
Price : 44€/person
Duration : 1h15
Information and booking > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
11 am : church square, ceremony and street-naming ceremony in honor of an American paratrooper.
Free admission.
Contact: town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
8.30 pm : D-DAY Experience, screening of the film Little Black Devils – from Juno Beach to Putot, about the progress of Canadian troops during the Normandy Landings. In the presence of the film crew and the Maple Leaf Association. VF with English subtitles.
9€/pers. Online booking > book here
Contact : D-DAY Experience > 02 33 23 61 95
Montmartin-en-Graignes
3 pm : ceremony
Free admission.
Contact: town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
1pm : village, ceremony
1.30 p.m : church square, start of the intergenerational veterans’ march. Symbolic march of World War II and veterans of other
other conflicts.
Free
Contact: Union des commerçants > 0033 233 54 18 90
Free
Contact: Union des commerçants >
3 pm : Brécourt, ceremony in tribute to the Easy Compagny.
The assault on Brécourt manor is a battle between American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division and German soldiers of the Wehrmacht defending artillery battery.
By invitation only
6 pm : Landing Museum, inauguration of the exhibition on the archaeological digs at Brécourt.
Free
Contact : Town Hall > 0033 666 92 90 43
Hiesville
2.30 pm : Memory trail. 8 km circuit with commentary on the various battle and parachute sites of the 506 PIR and the 101st Airborne. FULL
2€/person, free for under-18s. Places limited.
Registration: Office de Tourisme de la Baie du Cotentin > 0033 233 21 00 33 / tourisme@ccbdc.fr
Contact : US Normandie Mémoire et Gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Carentan-les-Marais
2.30 pm and 4.30 pm : Guided cruise through the marshes. History teacher Patrick Fissot talks about the crucial role of the Cotentin marshes during the war.
Price: €20/adult and €15/child. Departure from Rue du Cotentin, Taute pier.
Booking required > Les Bateliers des Marais: 0033 683 60 08 12
4.15 pm : cinéma le Cotentin, screening of the film La grande Vadrouille, with English subtitles . In conjunction with the Les Egaluantes festival and Lost in Frenchlation.
Contact: cinéma le Cotentin > 0033 233 71 26 58
6 pm : Soldiers’ dinner with their families. Residents can welcome American soldiers into their homes for a meal. For further information.
To invite soldiers, contact the association “les amis de la 101e” > 0033 783 52 58 88.
To invite soldiers to your home, contact the association “les amis de la 101e” > 0033 783 52 58 88.
Picauville
Evening : soldiers’ dinners in families. Residents can host American and/or German soldiers in their homes for a meal.
To facilitate exchanges, it is advisable to host at least two soldiers of the same nationality.
To invite soldiers, contact the town hall > 02 33 41 00 18. In partnership with the “Picauville se souvient” association
MONDAY JUNE 3 TO FRIDAY JUNE 7
Hiesville
Château Colombière
Airborne Medical Reenactment, reconstruction camp of the medical post of the 326th Airborne Medical Company. Guided tour in French, English and Dutch.
Open : June 3 and 5>10 am-7pm / June 6>1pm-7pm / June 7>10 am-3 pm.
Free
4 road des gouyes
Contact : Airborne Medical Reenactment Group and HBT’44.
Liesville-sur-Douve
Next to the church : re-enactment camp, American Camp “Currahee”. Reconstruction of a military camp, equipment, vehicles and uniforms organized by two associations, Pathfinders Group 44 and G.M.C Great Maroilles.
Free
church street
Contact : mairie > 0033 606 71 56 56
MONDAY JUNE 3 TO SATURDAY JUNE 8
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
11 am- 4 pm : Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Wolverton monument, start for jeep tours.
Charge for a tour.
Contact : Association Passeur de mémoire > 0033 636 46 15 06 / passeurmemoire@laposte.net
MONDAY 3 TO SUNDAY 9 JUNE
Liesville-sur-Douve
11 am-11 pm : Le Bar de L’anguille celebrates the 80th D-DAY anniversary!
Events program:
- June 4: passage of the Notek column, 70 to 100 German vehicles.
- June 7 et 8 : concert by Mafia Normande (swing and jazz)
Continuous on-site catering.
Contact : Bar de l’anguille > 0033 952 95 65 31
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
Ecausseville
8 am-5 pm : airship hangar, militaria fair.
Contact : association THE BLACK LIONS > 0033 778 16 22 96 / black-lions@sfr.fr
Terre-et-Marais
Three ceremonies in tribute to the liberators and in remembrance of the fighting in the commune. In the presence of veterans’ families and representatives of the 83rd DB and veterans’ associations.
9 am : D971 road, Hotot stele in Saint-Georges-de-Bohon
10 am : D971 road, Roserie stele, Sainteny
11 am : les forges road, Forges stele, Sainteny
Free
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 42 05 64
Carentan-les-Marais
9.15 am-3 pm : 80th Liberator’s Run War Horse, military motorcycle parade
Morning: Boulevard de Verdun/American Route. Afternoon: Port / Notre Dame Church
10 pm : theater, screening of the film “Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle For France” VO EN subtitled in french.
Free entertainment
Contact : town hall > Mme pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
8.30 am-5.30 pm : Liberté street, militaria fair under marquee.
Refreshments and catering
Exhibitor price : 13€/linear meter
Admission : 5€/adult – free for children aged 12 and active servicemen in uniform.
Contact : C-47 Club Normandy Chapter > 0033 662 72 80 83 / C-47clubnormandychapter@hotmail.fr
9.30 am : Sainte-ôde roundabout, ceremony at Roosevelt monument.
10 am-1 pm : aroud the church, vintage vehicle display.
2 pm-4 pm : around the church, vintage vehicle display.
2 pm : children’s parade to milestone 0, opposite the town hall.
2.30 pm – 3 pm : church square, guided demonstration of gliders, historical re-enactment. Entertainment provided by Camp Géronimo.
3 pm : milestone 0, freedom ceremony with children.
3 pm : church, memorial service with the 82nd Airborne’s choir.
4 pm-5.30 pm : village, vintage vehicle display.
5.30 pm : town, WLA-WLC-Indian Harley show.
7 pm : church square, concert by Jean-Marie Thomas (american songs from the 30s and 40s.)
8 pm : church square, documentary theater “le silence des voix qui se sont tues”. Reading of text over a documentary projection evoking General de Gaulle and General Eisenhower.
9 pm-10.30 pm : church square, concert by the cast of the Band of Brothers series, led by Damian Lewis. (Blues/rock music.)
Free entertainment.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
D-Day Experience
9.30 am-noon : museum esplanade, meet the Ukraine Force team and Ukrainian soldiers wounded in action who are working to bring ambulances to Ukraine. A convoy of 25 ambulances will be on display at the museum, along with a pick-up used in the series that revealed President Zelensky.
Free
Contact : D-Day Experience > 0033 233 23 61 95
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
All day : outside the museum, HVCA exhibition: Presentation of German carriages and artillery.
Free
9 am : departure of the Harley 80th Liberator’s Run War Horse trip: briefing and departure of a convoy of around 150 vintage Harley motorcycles.
Free
9-10.30 am : “NOTEK” column: display of several dozen German vehicles and departure of the convoy.
Free
9.30 am and 7 pm : outside the museum, raising (9.30am) and lowering (7pm) of the Belgian army colors: soldiers from the Special Operations Regiment (Belgian Special Forces) officially raise their national colors for the day.
Free
12 pm-3 pm : outside the museum, return, exhibition and departure of Harley motorcycles.
Free
Around 5 pm : outside the museum, return of the NOTEK column.
Free
6.30 pm : Greenfield room, screening of the documentary “Little Black Devils”: through archives, personal accounts and re-enactments, the film tells the story of the men of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles (3rd Canadian Infantry Division) who landed on Juno Beach on June 6, 1944. Presentation in French and bilingual presenters (French/English) – Duration: 52 min.
Price: 5€. By reservation > book here
Dodge D-DAY SPECIAL tour departing from the museum. Aboard a vintage military vehicle dating from the 40s, a commented tour during which the guide/driver tells you about the history and sites of the D-Day landings.
Price : 44€/person
Information and booking > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Picauville
10 am : priory parking lot, ceremony at the USAF (US Air Force) monument and inauguration of a statue, the only one of its kind in Normandy, representing the courage and dignity of American women during the Second World War. In attendance: US Army, German Army, 82nd Airborne Chorus.
Free
Contact: association Picauville se souvient > 0033 783 19 49 43 / 0033 668 51 29 11
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
10 am : Leadership Monument, D913 road, ceremony in tribute to Major Winters and the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne.
Free
Contact : Landing Museum> 0033 233 71 53 35
5 pm : church square, screening of the documentary film “The girl who wore freedom”. After the screening, discussion with the American and Normandy production team, and witnesses to the documentary, Dany Patrix, Ceo Bauer (American veteran). Screening with subtitles (French and English)
Free
Beuzeville-au-Plain
6 pm : church street, ceremony at the Agnés Bienaimé monument.
Free admission.
Contact: town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Quinéville
World War II Museum
7 pm : cinema room, conference by Clément Horvath, the immortal legacy of war correspondence: how to preserve the memory of Allied soldiers after the disappearance of the last veterans?
Free access for any museum entrance ticket purchased. Booking is recommended
Open late night until 9 p.m.
Contact: World War II Museum > 0033 233 95 95 95
WEDNESDAY JUNE 5
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
8 am-5 pm : maréchal Leclerc street, militaria fair.
Contact: association Passeurs de mémoire > 0033 636 46 15 06 / passeurmemoire@laposte.net
9.30 am-12 pm: D-Day Experience, meeting with the Ukraine Force team and Ukrainian soldiers wounded in combat who are working to bring ambulances to Ukraine. A convoy of 25 ambulances will be on display at the museum, along with a pickup used in the series that revealed President Zelensky.
Free
Contact: D-Day Experience > 0033 233 23 61 95
Carentan-les-Marais
9.30 am-1 pm : Valnoble square, vintage vehicle display
4.30 pm-5.30 pm : parade of vintage vehicles (jeeps) through the town center and towards the marina.
Free entertainment.
Contact : town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
8.30 pm : cinéma le Cotentin, screening with English subtitles, movie La Horse. In conjunction with the Les Egaluantes festival and Lost in Frenchlation. (information to follow)
Contact : cinéma le Cotentin > 0033 233 71 26 58
10.30 pm : Lantern release at the Barquette
Departure from the harbour in Carentan, 1-hour walk to the Barquette bridge, or rent electric boats from the marsh boat landing stage.
Registration and booking : Bateliers des marais : 0033 683 60 08 12
Contact: town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Registration : 0033 683 60 08 12
Contact : town hall > Mme pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Méautis
9.30 am : route de Gorges, inauguration of a stele in honor of the 83rd American Infantry Division, erected by the association of veterans and descendants of the 83rd DIV.
By invitation only
Contact: town hall > 0033 780 04 86 65
Utah-Beach
10 am : Water Walk for Peace and Freedom.
Bring water shoes, recommended: wetsuit or shorty (can be rented for €5), sunglasses, sun cream.
Reservations required on utahmerloisirs.fr
15€/pers
12 route des Alliés, base nautique
Contact : Utah Mer Loisirs > 0033 615 99 45 53
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
9.30 am and 7 pm : outside the museum, raising (9.30am) and lowering (7pm) of the Belgian army colors: soldiers from the Special Operations Regiment (Belgian Special Forces) officially raise their national colors for the day.
Free
10 am-7 pm : inside the museum, Enigma, Morse & Cartography and radio workshops: presentation of rare equipment, demonstrations and explanations by enthusiasts (Edmond Kern, Patrick Grandjean, Sylvie and Eric Kersch). Access with museum ticket.
“Enigma” is a portable electromechanical machine of German origin, resembling a typewriter, designed to encrypt and decrypt secret commercial, diplomatic or military messages, in use from 1920 to 1945.
11 am-3.30 pm : outside the museum, a gathering of vintage tractors and trucks : a dozen Chevrolet vehicles will be on display.
Free
2 pm-4.30 pm : Greenfield Hall, at least five American veterans will be on hand to share their stories and answer questions from the public. Testimonials and exchanges in English with bilingual presenter.
Free admission / free seating on a first-come, first-served basis
5 pm-6 pm : Greenfield room, lecture “The Germans in Normandy”: Historian Valentin SCHNEIDER, a specialist in the Second World War in Europe, presents the life of German soldiers in Normandy before and during the battle. Lecture in French.
Free admission
Tour in a Dodge DD-DAY SPECIAL departing from the museum. Aboard a vintage military vehicle dating from the 1940s, our driver will take you on a special DDAY tour. It’s a commented tour during which the guide/driver tells you all about the history and sights.
Price : €44/pers.
Duration : 1h15
Information and booking > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Quinéville
10 am-7 pm : World War II Museum, living display of the equipment worn by the American soldier of the 4th Infantry Division during the landing on Utah Beach on 6/6/44.
Contact : World War II Museum > 0033 233 95 95 95
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
9:30 am : town hall forecourt, ceremony at the Gavin/Ridgway stele.
10 am-1pm : village, vintage vehicle exhibition.
10 am : Chemin Beauvais, opening of the 307th Airborne Medical Company “clearing station” re-enactment camp.
Free admission.
Contact: Alsace 45 > 0033 682 98 79 39
11 am-12 pm : military vehicle parade (without tank).
2 pm : church square, precision jump (to be confirmed).
3 pm-3.30 pm : church square, guided demonstration of the sticks paras (boarding of American paratroopers), historical re-enactment of American paratroopers before their jump. Entertainment provided by Camp Géronimo.
4 pm : Parade of American veterans with American Airlines
4 pm-5.30 pm : village, exhibition of vintage vehicles.
6 pm : church, concert by Michael Fitzpatrick and CJ Vanston
6.45 pm: church square, concert by Michael Fitzpatrick and CJ Vanston
Michael Fitzpatrick is a world-renowned cellist. He has performed musical accompaniments to the Dalai Lama’s teachings and public discourses for 30 years; he regularly plays at UN summits and is a peace activist; the remaining members of the Beatles have praised his musical talents; he played during Pope Francis’ blessing ceremony at the Vatican.
7 pm : Libération street, under tent, AVA (Friends of American Veterans) Liberty Banquet. SOLD OUT.
Contact: avanormandie.org
7.30 pm : church square, concert by Catherine Dargent (French songs from the ’40s).
9 pm : church square, musical comedy. Memory of Normandy, 20 actors, singers and dancers tell the story of Normandy civilians, resistance fighters or not, during the Occupation, and in particular the destiny of two sisters who were separated by life. One of them became France’s first female aviator. A fresco of history and romance. Written and composed by Elodie Dolley.
11.30-11.45 pm : church square, guided demonstration of the use of two anti-aircraft searchlights (one on church squaree, the second at the Camp Géronimo). Presented by Camp Géronimo.
Free entertainment
Contact: town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Amfreville
11 am : Heutes hamlet, unveiling of a monument to General Gavin in the area where he landed on June 6, 1944.
Free admission.
9 pm : Cauquigny chapel, candlelight vigil. 80 years ago, paratroopers were preparing to board C-47s for Normandy. Father Mc Curry of the Franciscan Friars of the USA, Father Seigneur, parish priest of Sainte-Mère-Église and the chaplain of the 82nd Airborne will be present.
Free admission. Limited seating.
Contact: US Normandie Mémoire et Gratitude
Azeville
Azeville German Battery
12pm-5pm : Commemorative parachuting of men and women in WWII uniforms fros a C-47 plane on the site of the German battery with the Round Canopy Parachuting Team. The first jumps will take place in the late morning, with more in the late afternoon. 250 parachutists are expected.
Depending on weather conditions, information with the free app DDAY LIVE
Parking upstream of the site, a pedestrian zone has been set up.
Free access to the parachute drop zone from 10:30 a.m.
Reduced-rate audio tour.
Catering, refreshments, vintage vehicle exhibition and concerts on site.
Contact: RCPT, Azeville en fêtes and Batterie d’Azeville > 0033 233 40 63 05
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
2 pm : Delaunay farm, opening of the ARCA Never Forget re-enactment camp .
Free admission
8 Village de la Haute Addeville
Contact : ARCA association > arcanormandie2024@gmail.com
Neuville-au-Plain
4 pm : the château, ceremony at the plaque of the 505th US PIR of the 82nd Airborne.
Free
Contact : C-47 Club Normandy Chapter > 0033 661 36 90 57
Picauville
2.30 pm : Gueutteville hamlet, ceremony in honor of Father Maternowski. He was shot down in this hamlet as he went to get help for wounded paratroopers. He was the only priest killed on June 6, 1944.
Free admission.
Contact : US Normandie Mémoire et Gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
6pm-10 pm : U.S.A.F monument, departure for the memory trail. Walk with commentary in French and English on the history of the commune in 1944. A detachment of American soldiers will take part in the walk.
Catering at the starting point (drinks, grills).
Information and registration: association Picauville se souvient > 0033 233 41 02 48 / 003 783 19 49 43 / charles.dennebouy@orange.fr
Saint-Germain-de-Varreville
6 pm : D129/D14 junction, ceremony at the 101st Airborne Pathfinders stele. American army present.
The Pathfinders, the first paratroopers dropped in Normandy, were then tasked with the task of marking out the drop zones (in English: “drop zones”, DZ) before the arrival of the airborne companies.
Free admission.
Contact: town hall > 0033 604 07 53 83
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
11 pm : Guided immersive walk. Departure from the church to the battery.
On reservation, 10€/ pers.
Contact: batterie du Holdy > 0033 233 44 81 20
WEDNESDAY 5 & THURSDAY 6 JUNE
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
Ferme Delaunay, visit the American and German camps.
Free admission.
Opening hours : 2 pm-6 pm
8 village de la haute Addeville
Contact : Association ARCA > arcanormandie2024@gmail.com
WEDNESDAY JUNE 5 TO SATURDAY JUNE 8
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
The clearing station of the 307th Airborne Medical Company.
Reconstruction of a medical structure of the American 307th Airborne Company. A first-aid station, operating theatres and an X-ray unit will be presented to the public.
Opening hours : 10 am-5pm
Free
3 chemin Beauvais
Contact : Alsace 45 > 0033 682 98 79 39
THURSDAY JUNE 6
Utah-Beach
6.30 am : NEW LOCATION: Leclerc monument in Saint-Martin de Varreville;
The forgotten heroes of Utah Beach. Landing by air and sea and demonstration by Navy Seals, accompanied by around 150 re-enactors. The event will be followed by a ceremony honoring the men of the 2nd Naval Beach Battalion at the US Navy monument.
Free
Contact : D-DAY Experience > 0033 233 23 61 95 / Musée du Débarquement > 0033 233 71 53 35
10am: nautical base, water walk for Peace and Freedom.
Bring water shoes, recommended: wetsuit or shorty (can be rented for €5), sunglasses, sun cream.
Reservations required on utahmerloisirs.fr
15€/pers
12 route des Alliés
Contact : Utah Mer Loisirs > 0033 615 99 45 53
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
9 am-5 pm : Holdy battery, historical re-enactments and entertainment with the ETO group.
Free
Contact : batterie du Holdy > 0033 233 44 81 20
6.30 pm : village, concert by the group Satin Doll Sisters (music from the 30s to the 60s)
Free
Contact: Union des commerçants > 0033 233 54 18 90
Contact : Town hall > 0033 233 71 58 00
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont/Utah Beach
5 pm : Utah Beach Federal Monument, official ceremony.
Contact : Landing Museum > 0033 233 71 53 35
Quinéville
World War II Museum
9 am : opening and welcome of visitors with coffee on the German HF13 trolley offered to all (until noon)
9 am-7pm : cooking demonstration with an HF13 caravan and explanations for the public
Contact : World War II Museum > 0033 233 95 95 95
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
9.30 am-11 am : church, remembrance mass.
10 am-2 pm : village, vintage vehicle exhibition.
10 am : La Fière, AVA (Friends of American Veterans) ceremony with the 82nd Airborne choir and presence of the U.S. Army. (to be confirmed)
Contact: Association of Friends of American Veterans.
12.15pm-12.45 pm : church square, guided demonstration of pathfinders, historical re-enactment. Entertainment provided by Camp Géronimo.
1 p.m : church square, live TF1 TV news broadcast.
2.15 pm-2.45 pm : church square, guided demonstration of paratroopers and early combat, historical re-enactment. Entertainment provided by Camp Géronimo.
3.30 pm-5pm : church square, Honor Team concert (Greg Reed), American brass/jazz band.
6 pm : Year 40 fashion contest. To take part, register with Séverine AVON on 06 26 17 29 28.
7.30 pm : church square, concert by Ladies for Liberty (music by the Andrew Sisters from the 30s, 40s and 50s).
8.30 pm : church square, concert by Dancing Day (French chanson from the 30s, 40s and 50s).
10 pm : church square, concert by Flying Chikens (rockabilly music).
Free entertainment
Contact: town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
All day : restricted area outside the museum, display of Saumur tanks.
Access with museum ticket.
Times to be confirmed : outside the museum, dynamic tank demonstrations: the Musée des Blindés de Saumur (Armée de Terre) will be giving several demonstrations of working tanks.
Free
9.30 am and 7.00 pm : outside the museum, raising (9:30 am) and lowering (7:00 pm) of the Belgian army colors: soldiers from the Special Operations Regiment (Belgian Special Forces) officially raise their national colors for the day.
Free admission.
10 am to 7 pm : inside the museum, Enigma, Morse & Cartography and radio workshops: presentation of rare equipment, demonstrations and explanations by enthusiasts (Edmond Kern, Patrick Grandjean, Sylvie and Eric Kersch).
Access with museum admission ticket.
“Enigma” was a portable electromechanical machine of German origin, resembling a typewriter, designed to encrypt and decrypt secret commercial, diplomatic or military messages, in use from 1920 to 1945.
Tour in a Dodge D-DAY SPECIAL departing from the museum. Aboard a vintage military vehicle dating from the 1940s, a commented tour during which the guide/driver tells you about the history and sites of the D-Day landings.
Price : €44/person
Duration: 1h15
Information and booking > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Carentan-les-Marais
2 pm-4 pm : parade of military vehicles. Departure from the covert market to the town center.
Free entertainment.
Contact : town hall > Mme Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
Audouville-la-Hubert
11am : war memorial. Ceremony in honor of civilian victims and American troops who liberated the town.
Free
Contact : Town hall> 0033 233 41 46 42
Amfreville
2.30 pm : Memory trail, 8 km circuit with commentary, to discover the fighting of the men of the 507 PIR and 325 GIR around the town. FULL
2€/person, free for under-18s. Places limited.
Registration : Office de Tourisme de la Baie du Cotentin > 0033 233 21 00 33 / tourisme@ccbdc.fr
Contact : US Normandie Mémoire et Gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Angoville-au-Plain
10 am-5 pm : church, medical equipment exhibition.
2 pm-5pm : church, tribute to American nurses Kenneth J. Moore and Robert E. Wright. Animations and dioramas proposed by the associations A.R.C.A. and Field Jacket.
8 pm : church, Place Toccoa, Liberation Ball with a concert by Madeeson & Co (music from the 40s-50s).
Free entertainment
Contact : Associations ARCA / FIELD JACKET > arcanormandie2024@gmail.com
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
9.30 am-12 pm : museum esplanade, meeting with the Ukraine Force team and Ukrainian soldiers wounded in combat who are working to bring ambulances to Ukraine. A convoy of 25 ambulances will be on display at the museum, as well as a pick-up truck used in the series that revealed President Zelensky.
Free
5 pm-8 pm : book signing with authors M. de Trez, T. Elliot and families of 2nd Naval Beach Batallion veterans.
Contact: D-DAY Experience > 0033 233 23 61 95
Liesville-sur-Douve
8pm : church, concert by Lady Tinguette, French 30s music and Vera Lynn repertoire.
Free
Contact : town hall > 0033 606 71 56 56
The Freedom Bell Towers on June 6 at 7:44 p.m. The church bells will ring in unison as a pledge of remembrance, freedom and peace.
Méautis
8 pm : manoir de Donville, night show. jazz concert with the band Two of us, followed at 10:45 pm by an immersive show with costumed extras and period vehicles: relive the night of June 5 of June 6, 1944 as experienced by the Bucaille family and the fighting at Bloody Gulch on June 12 and 13.
Price : 15€/pers. Free -5 years. Provide ear protection (explosion noise). Accessible PMR.
Booking required : Donville manor > 0033 647 51 02 69/ 0033 233 42 03 22.
THURSDAY 6 TO SUNDAY 9 JUNE
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
Brewery: Retro Festival Sainte-Mère-Eglise
Concert and entertainment, re-enactment camp and retro market.
American re-enactment camp from June 1 to 10.
Native American camp from June 6 to 9.
Parachute-packing animation with the Round Canopy Parachuting Team on June 3 and 8, starting at 11 a.m.
Retro market from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 6 to 9.
- Thursday June 6 concerts
6:30-8:30 pm : Duke O’Kallann (covers of French and
French and English songs)9-11pm: Scott Rendall Rhodes (country) - Friday, June 7 concerts
12:30 am-2:30 pm : Louisiana Song (Cajun and
and zydeco music)
6:30-8:30 pm: Ronnie Bonneville & the
Coqs (rock’n’roll and Rockabilly)
9-11 pm: Smocky Rocket (rock) - Concerts on Saturday, June 8
12:30-2:30 pm: Chants du Cotentin (traditional
and songs by authors on the theme
on the theme of the sea)
6:30-8:30 pm: Trio Mino (variety music)
9-11pm: Snake in the Boots (rockabilly
rockabilly)
- Sunday June 9 concerts
12.30pm-2.30pm: Hélène et Aurélie (variety music)
3pm-5pm: Roots Rocking 54 (rockabilly
50s rockabilly)
Pub and foodtrucks, 10am-11pm
Free
Contact : brewery, 7 Rue de la Cayenne > 0033 233 95 92 67
Carentan-les-Marais
L’Atelier: guinguette at L’Atelier
Opening of Sylvie and Jean-Marie’s space, guinguette atmosphere, 40’s civilians exhibition, concerts, ephemeral boutique…
Program:
- Thursday June 6 : 11 am-6 pm, presentation and sale of works by the OREP publishing house, dedicated to the history of Normandy.
Free admission. - Friday june 7 : 7.30 pm and 9:15 pm, concert by Swing Field Unit ETO. A trio from Germany in the spirit of the liberation era, they’ll take you on a tour of swing classics.
Free, no reservation required - Friday june 7 : 10 pm, open-air screening of several episodes of the short film RESISTANCE. The director and some of the actors will be present to share this cinematic experience with the public.
Free, no reservation required. - From Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 june: Role-playing discovery sessions at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 9pm. Around a table, try to solve riddles, overcome obstacles and face many adventures. Let yourself be guided by the Game Master, Arno Ludique.
Accessible to under-12s. Free with reservation: donjouonsetrolon@gmail.com - Friday june 7 and saturday june 8 : 11 am-12 pm and 2 pm-5 pm, store, opening the Atelier’s storerooms to buy original clothes and accessories.
Free, no reservation required. - Satruday june 8 : 10 am-12 pm, l’Atelier de Véro comes to style your hair.
8€/pers, no reservation required - Saturday june 8 : 9 pm, concert by Swing Melodies Orchestra. Swing and songs to popular tunes.
Free, no reservation required. - Satruday june 8 and sunday june 9 : 11 am-12 pm and 2 pm-4 pm, meeting and signing session with Sylvie Caillard. Second book on 40s fashion.
- Sunday June 9: 2pm, Angèle’s concert show (one-woman show combining dance and song
and staging in a swing/cabaret atmosphere)
Catering on site.
Opening hours : 10 a.m. to midnight
Free
Contact : l’Atelier, 11 rue jean Truffaut > 06 34 03 46 45
FRIDAY JUNE 7
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
9 am-1 pm : town, Historic program concert (American choirs and marching bands)
10 am-1 pm : town, vintage vehicle exhibition.
2.15 pm-2.45 pm : church square, guided demonstration of Pathfinders, scout paratroopers, historical re-enactment. Presented by Camp Géronimo.
3-3.30 pm : church square, guided demonstration of parachutists and early combat, historical re-enactment. Entertainment provided by Camp Géronimo.
3.45 pm-4.15 pm : church square, guided demonstration of gliders, historical re-enactment. Entertainment provided by Camp Géronimo.
3.30 pm-4.30 pm : arrival of the Dukes of Normandy, 160 Harley motorcycles and wreath-laying at milestone 0 (opposite town hall).
4.30-6.30 pm : village, vintage vehicle exhibition.
7 pm : Airborne musem, performance by The Enduring Freedom Honor Team from Fredericksburg
Christian School.
7 pm : Place de l’église, documentary theater “le silence des voix qui se sont tues”. Text reading over a documentary projection evoking General de Gaulle and General Eisenhower.
8 pm : place de l’église, concert by Madeeson & Co, musicians in period costume, music from the 40s and 50s, jazz, French songs, guinguette and brass.
10 pm : church square, concert by Highland Safari, Celtic rock with bagpipes, electric guitars and covers of Scottish and Irish standards.
Free entertainment
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Utah Beach
10 am : water base, water walk for Peace and Freedom.
Bring water shoes, recommended: wetsuit or shorty (can be rented for €5), sunglasses, sun cream.
Reservations required on utahmerloisirs.fr
15€/pers
12 route des Alliés
Contact : Utah Mer Loisirs > 0033 615 99 45 53
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
All day : outside the museum, exhibition of Saumur tanks.
Access with museum ticket.
Times to be confirmed: outside the museum, dynamic tank demonstrations: the Musée des Blindés de Saumur (Armée de Terre) will give several demonstrations of working tanks.
Free
9.30 am and 7pm : outside the museum, raising (9:30 am) and lowering (7 pm) of the Belgian army colors: soldiers from the Special Operations Regiment (Belgian Special Forces) officially raise their national colors for the day.
Free
10 am to 7pm : inside the museum, enigma, morse & cartography and radio workshops: presentation of rare equipment, demonstrations and explanations by enthusiasts (Edmond Kern, Patrick Grandjean, Sylvie and Eric Kersch).
Access with museum ticket.
“Enigma” is a portable electromechanical machine of German origin, resembling a typewriter, designed to encrypt and decrypt secret commercial, diplomatic or military messages, in use from 1920 to 1945.
3:30 pm to 4.30 pm : Museum reception hall, book signing by historian Benoit Rondeau on his books on D-Day preparations.
Free (books available for purchase in the museum store).
4.30 pm to 5.30 pm : Greenfield room, “Preparing for D-Day” lecture: Benoit Rondeau looks back at the long and meticulous preparation for D-Day by the Allies. Lecture in French.
Free / first-come, first-served.
Evening, A10 Canteen terrace, Swing Melodies Orchestra concert.
Free
Tour in a Dodge D-DAY SPECIAL departing from the museum. Aboard a vintage military vehicle dating from the 40s, a commented tour during which the guide/driver tells you about the history and sites of the D-Day landings.
Price : 44€/person.
Duration: 1h15
Information and booking > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Gourbesville
9.30 am : church square, inauguration of the square Virgil Tangborn of the 90th Infantry Division and ceremony at the monument of the 82nd Airborne.
Free
Contact : US Normandie Memory and Gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Amfreville
11am : ceremony at the monument of the 507th PIR of the 82nd Airborne. Presence of American and German troops as well as schools of Picauville and college Sainte Marie de Valognes.
Free
Contact: US Normandie Memory and Gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Chef-du-Pont
10 am : D70 road, ceremony at the Rex Combs monument.
Captain Rex Combs was one of the 508th Regiment paratroopers who liberated the commune on June 6, 1944.
noon : country meal hosted by Clarky Gaibeule and the Ladies for liberty. French and American music from the 40s-50s.
Free animations.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Angoville-au-Plain
2 pm-5 pm : -FULL- immersion general public: in the footsteps of American soldiers.
On registration, limited places. Only registered persons are admitted for the activity.
Contact : Association ARCA > arcanormandie2024@gmail.com
Ecausseville
Airship hangar
2 pm-5 pm : every hour, conference “Montebourg-Ecausseville from June 8 to 19, 1944”. On the American advance from Utah Beach to Montebourg, and in particular the 325th and 505th sections.
Lecture by Thierry Marillé, university lecturer.
Catering and refreshments on site.
Free entertainment.
Contact : Hangar à dirigeables > 0033 681 18 06 65
Foucarville
3.30 pm : road D14, ceremony at the monument of the German prison camp.
created by the American army shortly after the D-Day landings in June 1944 German prisoners.
Its official name is Continental Central Enclosure n° 19. It includes a hospital, two churches, a cinema cinema, two theaters, a school, a bakery, a carpenter’s workshop…
It is served by a railway. It closed at the beginning of 1947. A total of 100,000 men passed through.
Free
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Etienville
4 pm : Joseph Piché stele, route de la Lande. Ceremony and reading (in French, English, German) of the historical events leading up to the crash of the plane piloted by Joseph Piché of the USAAF (United States Army Air Forces).
Free
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 00 30
Picauville
6 pm : Utah Beach road/Pasteur street, ceremony at the 90th American infantry unit stele in honor of the Tonks Ombres. American veterans and members of the American and German armies will be present. Preceded by a parade of troops from salle J.C Flambart.
7 pm : salle J.C Flambart, friendship meal Share a meal in the presence of 300 American servicemen and 80 German soldiers.
Price : 32€/pers. Reservations required.
Contact : association Picauville se souvient > 0033 233 41 02 48 / charles.dennebouy@orange.fr
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
7 pm : village, bagpipe concert with Iron Pier Cornemuse.
Free
Contact: Union des commerçants > 02 33 54 18 90
Carentan-les-Marais
8.30 pm : cinema le Cotentin, screening with english subtitles. In connection with the festival Les Egaluantes and Lost in Frenchlation.
Contact : cinema le Cotentin > 0033 233 71 26 58
Méautis
10.45 pm : manoir de Donville, night show. Relive the night of June 5 to 6, 1944 as the Bucaille family lived it. Discover the battle of Bloody Gulch that took place on June 12 and 13. An immersive show with vintage vehicles and extras in vintage attire.
Price : 15€/pers. Free – 5 years. Provide ear protection (explosion noise). Accessible PMR.
Booking required : 0033 647 51 02 69/ 0033 233 42 03 22.
SATURDAY JUNE 8
Saint-Martin-de-Varreville
10 am : Monument Leclerc, gathering of 60 American veterans and wreath-laying.
Contact: town hall > 09 64 06 99 72
Utah Beach
11 am : water base, water walk for Peace and Freedom.
Bring water shoes, recommended: wetsuit or shorty (can be rented for €5), sunglasses, sun cream.
Reservations required on utahmerloisirs.fr
15€/pers
12 route des Alliés
Contact : Utah Mer Loisirs > 06 15 99 45 53
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
All day : restricted area outside the museum, display of Saumur tanks.
Access with museum ticket.
Times to be confirmed: outside the museum, dynamic tank demonstrations: the Musée des Blindés de Saumur (Armée de Terre) will give several demonstrations of tanks in operation.
Free admission.
9.30 am and 7pm : outside the museum, raising (9:30 am) and lowering (7 pm) of the Belgian army colors: Soldiers from the Special Operations Regiment (Belgian Special Forces) officially raise their national colors for the day.
Free admission.
10 am to 6 pm : Museum reception hall, book signing: scriptwriter Jean-Blaise DJIAN signs the various volumes of the essential Normandie Juin 44 comic strip series .
Free (books available for purchase in the museum store).
10 am to 7 pm : inside the museum, Enigma, Morse & Cartography and radio workshops: presentation of rare equipment, demonstrations and explanations by enthusiasts (Edmond Kern, Patrick Grandjean, Sylvie and Eric Kersch).
Access with museum ticket.
“Enigma” is a portable electromechanical machine of German origin, resembling a typewriter, designed to encrypt and decrypt secret commercial, diplomatic or military messages, in use from 1920 to 1945.
Tour in a Dodge D-DAY SPECIAL departing from the museum. Aboard an old military vehicle dating from the 40s, a commented tour during which the guide/driver tells you about the history and sites of the D-Day landings.
Price : 44€/person.
Duration : 1h15
Information and booking > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Carentan-les-Marais
All day : l’Atelier du photographe, book signing sessions :
– Jean-Charles STASI and his book : Normandie 1944, ils l’ont fait. Forty testimonies from Allied veterans.
– Martin Long and his book : La voleuse des marais
Contact : Julien Delavier > 0033 627 15 13 36 / latelierduphotographebyjulien@gmail.com
10 am-4 pm : marina, large parade of vintage vehicles (jeeps, dodges and other models). *Event cancelled
*Registration: Kylian ROLLAND > 06 38 02 72 36
2.30 pm : République square, concerts with the Big Band of Normandy Jazz Patrol and swing dance demonstration with Rock N’Go.
4 pm : Holgate Street and République square, great parade with the arrival of the exodus* (reconstitution of the exodus of civilians in period outfits) and the Carentan Liberty March**.
*Information at 07 83 52 58 88. No reservation and registration 07 81 36 56 61.
**For registration: info@carentanlibertymarch.fr
5 pm : République square, concert by singer Scott Randhal Rhodes «Steele Penny», mascot of Uncle Scott restaurants.
7.30 pm : Haut Dick hall, Carentan Liberation Ball.
In a blue-white-and-red decor, attend the grand Bal de la Libération. With three bands: the Ouistreham Jazz Band, Le Bul Mazette, and the guest of honor, the American band of the 101st Airborne, for an aperitif concert starting at 7.30pm.
Swing dance demonstrations with the Rock n’go association
A large parquet floor is available for dancers.
Dress code preferred but not compulsory.
Price : 13€/pers on reservation: https: //carentanlibertygroup.com/ (800 places on sale online)
15€/adult on site.
Half price for 10-16 year olds
Free for children under 10
Contact : Carentan Liberty Group > 0033 783 52 58 88/Association Carentan Liberty Group.
Chef-du-Pont
9 am : stadium, US football match between the military of the 82nd and 101st Airborne. Remembrance bowl.
Free
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
9 am-2pm : around the church, concert Historic program. American choirs and brass bands will follow one another for strolls.
noon : church square, picnic.
2.30 pm : Historic program parade, american choirs and brass bands.
5 pm: ceremony at the Signal Monument.
7.30 pm : church square, documentary theatre «the silence of the voices that have died». Reading of a text on a documentary projection evoking General de Gaulle and General Eisenhower.
8.45 pm : church square, Flavie Dolley concert (rock)
9.30 pm : church square, concert Kind of Queen, covers by the band Queen.
10 pm : Airborne museum opens at night until 10pm.
11.25 pm : church square, Duo Caractère concert. Amazing Grace.
11.25 pm : church square, fireworks.
Free animations.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Ecausseville
Airship hangar, commemorative day
2 pm-6 pm : commemoration with American troops.
10 am-6 pm : “Authors en Liberté” book fair. Children’s books, novels, personal accounts. Around 30 authors present.
Contact : M. Qelvennec > 0033 659 83 32 15.
5.30 pm : concert by the Coutainzik choir
7:30 pm : lecture on the partisans’ song
9.30 pm : tribute to Bill Millin on bagpipes in the hangar.
On June 6, 1944, Bill Millin played his bagpipes on the Bénouville bridge after the Sword Beach landing, marking the beginning of the liberation of Normandy. At the age of 21, he became the emblematic figure of the Allied landings in Normandy.
10.30 pm: fireworks
Presence of the association Cœur en Liberté
Catering and refreshments on site.
Free entertainment
Contact : Airship hangar > 0033 681 18 06 65
Sébeville
2 pm-3 pm : in front of the church, book signing by Philippe Esvelin, a specialist in the history of American gliders, who will be signing his new book “Winged Commandos”.
2 pm-4 pm : in front of the church, open-air lecture by the “Patrimoine Local été 44” association on research carried out in Sébeville. Presence of collectors in period dress (Klondike Groupe).
Free
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 40 63 17
Graignes-Mesnil-Angot
4.15 pm : parade departing from the town hall, with American servicemen, veterans, children
veterans and vehicles.
5.30 pm : 5 liberation square, Franco-American memorial, commemorative ceremony for the fighting at Graignes. Ceremony preceded by a parade at 4:15pm, departing from the town hall, with American servicemen, veterans, children, veterans, vehicles.
Exhibition in the Reconstruction Church.
Free
8.30 pm : Town Hall, Franco-American meal.
Price : €25/ pers. Drinks included.
On reservation
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 56 80 64 / 0033 650 61 81 11
Méautis
6.30 pm : manor of Donville, ceremony in tribute to the hundreds of victims of the battle of June 12 to 13, 1944. Mrs Simon, witness of this tragic period, will evoke her memories.
Free
9 pm : manor of Donville, jazz concert with the group two of us, followed by an immersive show at 10:45 pm. Relive the night of June 5 to 6, 1944 as the Bucaille family lived it. Discover the battle of Bloody Gulch that took place on June 12 and 13. An immersive show with vintage vehicles and extras in vintage attire.
Price : 15€/pers. Free – 5 years. Provide ear protection (explosion noise). Accessible PMR.
Booking required : 0033 647 51 02 69/ 0033 233 42 03 22.
Sainte-marie-du-Mont
10 am-6 pm: Municipal Stadium, Armed Forces American Football Tournament. Several teams announced:
US ARMY
Club Football Américain des Armées
Les Terribles from CHERBOURG (50)
Les Conquérants from CAEN (14)
Les Salamandres, Le Havre (76)
Les Asgard from EVREUX (27)
Les Normands from SEES (61)
Les Eagles from l’AIGLE (61)
Free
Contact: footballamericaindesarmees@gmail.com
7pm : village, bagpipe concert with Iron Pier Cornemuse.
Free
Contact: Union des commerçants > 02 33 54 18 90
7 pm : Utah Museum esplanade an ephemeral regional choir of 250 amateur and professional choristers,
intergenerational, singing for Peace on the occasion of the 80th D-DAY anniversary . Also an exceptional concert with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra.
Free
Contact: Mairie > 02 33 71 58 00
SUNDAY JUNE 9
Sainte-Mère-Église – La Fière
from 10 am : large parachute drops of civilians in period from C-47s (historic aircraft) and the US Army.
Several rotations are expected.
Free
Vehicle access to the drop zone the D15 between Picauville and La
Fière. Public parking available.
Weather permitting. Information on the free D-DAY LIVE application
or on saintemereeglise.fr
4 pm: official ceremony at the Iron Mike Monument.
Free Animations.
Contact: town hall> 0033 233 41 31 18
Sainte-Mère-Église – village
11 am-1pm : village, exhibition of vintage vehicles.
noon : church square, Clarkie Gaibeule concert.
1.30 pm-3.30 pm : church square, popular ball hosted by Gilles Lebastard.
4 pm : church square, musical. Memory of Normandy, 20 actors, singers and dancers will tell the story of Norman civilians, resistant or not during the Occupation and in particular the destiny of two sisters that life to separate. One will become the first French female aviator. A fresco between history and romance. Show written and composed by Elodie Dolley.
4 pm-6 pm : town hall, signing session by WWII veterans of the Best Defense Foundation. (waiting for confirmation)
7 pm : village, big parade in the streets. WWII veterans, different armies and vintage vehicles (jeeps and tanks).
8 pm : church square, concert for peace with Free Gospel.
Free Animations.
Contact : town hall> 0033 233 41 31 18
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
10.30 am : church, mass for peace
Contact: union des commerçants > 0033 233 54 18 90
Utah-Beach
11.30 am : nautical base, water walk for Peace and Freedom.
Bring shoes for walking in the water, recommended: wetsuit or shorty (rental available for €5), sunglasses, sunscreen
Reservation required on the website utahmerloisirs.fr
15€/person
12 Allied Road
Contact : Utah Mer Loisirs > 0033 615 99 45 53
Catz
Normandy Victory Museum
All day : demarcated area outside the museum, exhibition of Saumur tanks.
Access with a museum entry ticket.
Times to be determined: exterior of the museum, dynamic tank demonstrations: the Saumur Armored Museum (Army) will carry out several demonstrations of tanks in operation.
Free
9.30 am and 7 pm : exterior of the museum, raising (9:30 a.m.) and lowering (7:00 p.m.) of the colors of the Belgian army: The soldiers of the Special Operations Regiment (Special Forces of Belgium) officially raise their national colors for the day.
10 am to 7 pm : interior of the museum, Enigma, Morse & Cartography and radio workshops: presentation of rare materials, demonstrations and explanations by enthusiasts (Edmond Kern, Patrick Grandjean, Sylvie and Eric Kersch)
Access with a museum entry ticket.
“Enigma” is a portable electromechanical machine of German origin, resembling a typewriter, intended for encryption, often called “encryption”, and for deciphering secret commercial, diplomatic or military messages, in use from 1920 to 1945.
4pm to 5 pm: A10 Canteen terrace, concert by the Dutch group Band of Brothers (Music from WWII: Covers of the main Anglo-Saxon titles from the 1940s)
Free
In the afternoon : A10 Canteen terrace, 40s/50s concert with the group Madeeson.
Free
In the evening: A10 Canteen terrace, Swing Melodies Orchestra concert.
Free
Dodge D-DAY SPECIAL tour departing from the museum. Aboard an old military vehicle dating from the 1940s, a guided tour during which the guide/driver tells you the history and places of the Landing.
Price : 44€/pers.
Duration : 1h15
Information and reservation > book here
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Carentan-les-Marais
10.30 am : Notre-Dame church, ecumenical ceremony and inauguration of the stained glass window of the 101st Airborne following its restoration.
12.30 pm-5 pm : République square, picnic with music and concerts: Swing 276, Stomp Stomp and Rock N’Go swing dance demonstration.
2 pm-6 pm : Alphonse Laurent stadium, international joint American football tournament.
4 pm : Cotentin cinema, screening with English subtitles of the film La Horse. In connection with the Les Egaluantes festival and Lost in Frenchlation.
Contact: Cotentin cinema > 02 33 71 26 58
8.30 pm-midnight : Haut Dickhall, closing concert with the 101st Airborne orchestra and the municipal band.
Free animations.
Contact: town hall > Mrs Pasquier: 0033 782 28 61 56
Méautis
3:30 pm : manor of Donville, jazz concert with the group two of us, followed by an immersive show at 5 pm. Relive the night of June 5 to 6, 1944 as the Bucaille family lived it. Discover the battle of Bloody Gulch that took place on June 12 and 13. An immersive show with vintage vehicles and extras in vintage attire.
Price: 15€/pers. Free – 5 years. Provide ear protection (explosion noise). Accessible PMR.
Booking required: 0033 647 51 02 69/ 0033 233 42 03 22.
MONDAY JUNE 10
Utah Beach
10.30 am : ceremony in tribute to Native Americans in the presence of Comanches.
Dozens of Native Americans served in the U.S. forces during World War II. Several of them were employed as “code-talkers”: their language was incomprehensible to the German army.
Free
Contact : Landing Museum > 0033 233 71 58 00
TUESDAY JUNE 11
Carentan-les-Marais
6 pm : République square, ceremony for peace. Songs of students from different schools.
Free.
Contact : Community of communes of the Bay of Cotentin> 0033 233 71 90 90
WEDNESDAY JUNE 12
Carentan-les-Marais
5.30 pm : République square, ceremony of the liberation of the city.
6.30 pm : cemetery of Carentan, flowering of the tomb of Danielle Laisney.
It was on June 23, 1944, in other words after the liberation of Carentan, that Danielle Laisney, a 4-year-old child, was cut down by a German shell. She attended, with other comrades and residents, the presentation of the Silver Star to American soldiers and presented a bouquet of flowers to an officer.
8 pm : theater, show le silence des voix qui se sont tues Reading of text on a documentary screening evoking General de Gaulle and General Eisenhower.
Free entertainment
Free.
Contact: town hall > Mrs Pasquier : s.pasquier@carentan.fr
FRIDAY JUNE 14
Carentan-les-Marais
8 pm : Notre-Dame Church, concert for Peace. Songs by the Irish choir “choral events”, accompanied by the choir of the Cotentin Bay music school.
Free
Contact : town hall > Mrs. Pasquier: s.pasquier@carentan.fr
SUNDAY JUNE 23
Utah-Beach/ Carentan-les-Marais
Running 19.44 km between Utah Beach and Carentan.
Contact: m.montigny@carentan.fr / michel.lahougue@orange.fr
SATURDAY 20 AND SUNDAY 21 JULY
Catz / Normandy Victory Museum
COBRA 44 Festival
Commemoration of the end of the Battle of the Hedges, consult the program: https://normandy-victory-museum.fr/cobra-2024/
Business Park, Catz, La Fourchette, 50500 Carentan
Contact: Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
JULY 7
Terre et Marais – Saint-Georges-de-Bohon
Morning (time to be confirmed): ecumenical mass. Mass celebrated on the site of the old church destroyed during the liberation of the town. Followed by a reception and a picnic.
Contact: town hall > 02 33 42 05 64
THURSDAY JULY 25
Tribehou
9 am: Ceremony for the 297th Engineer Combat Battalion. Tribute to the men who lost their lives on July 21, 1944, during the «Tribehou Shelling».
Free
Contact: Town hall > 0033 670 88 97 13
THURSDAY 1 TO SUNDAY 4 AUGUST
Saint-Martin-de-Varreville
Official ceremony on August 4 for the 80th anniversary of the landing of the 2nd DB of Marshal Leclerc. Program soon available.
UNUSUAL > Panoramic helicopter flights
MONDAY MAY 27 TO TUESDAY JUNE 4 AND FROM JUNE 10 TO 12
Fly over the Pointe du Hoc, the American cemetery of Colleville, the artificial port of Arromanches or go up the Bay of Cotentin to the lighthouse of Gatteville.
From 10am to 6pm
On reservation
Prices: between 55€ and 315€ depending on the circuit. Possibility of privatizing the helicopter.
Start: coast road (D514), between Pointe du Hoc and Vierville sur mer (Calvados)
Contact: Helievents > 02 35 80 94 16
