—– SATURDAY 27th MAY—–
Sainte-Mère-Église
15th International Peace March
«Peace for all peoples».
10 a.m. : 1st departure from the school of St Michel de
Picauville (7.6 km)
1.15 p.m : 2nd departure from Orglandes (9.7 km)
4.45 p.m. : 3rd departure from La Fière (3.9 km)
The day combines time for reflection, walking, celebration, convivial meal with musical entertainment. Arrival in Sainte-Mère-Église around 5.30 p.m. (20 km)
Registration : marcheinternationalepourlapaix.com
Contact : Parish center > 0033 233 41 41 48
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7:15 p.m. : Airborne Museum, conference by Gérard de Cortanze: “Louis XVI, the king who wanted to see the sea”, as part of the Book Fair.
Contact: Airborne Museum > 0033 233 41 41 35
—–SUNDAY MAY 28—–
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
10 am – 6:30 pm: Tent rue de la Liberté.
13th edition of the History and Memories book Fair.
This year, 44 authors are invited and 2 associations. Guest of honor: Gérard de Cortanze.
Photographic exhibition under the tent : “Vétérans absents mais toujours présents”.
Contact : Town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
—–WEDNESDAY MAY 31—–
Picauville
6 p.m. : Memory walk, historical walk with commentaries of 7kms on the feats of arms that took place in the town on June 6th and the following days. Departure from the church square at the monument dedicated to the airborne troops and aircrew.
Free on reservation.
Contact : Picauville Se Souvient > 07 83 19 49 43 / 02 33 41 02 48 / denis1975.dennebouy@gmail.com
—–THURSDAY JUNE 1 to TUESDAY JUNE 6 (except for the 2nd)—–
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
11 p.m. : Departure for an immersive and commented night walk on the Holdy battery.
Departure from Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, open to all. Commentary in French only.
Price : 10€/person
Contact : Holdy battery > 0033 233 44 81 20
—– THURSDAY JUNE 1—–
Picauville
10 a.m. : 9th USAF Monument, parking of the priory, ceremony in honor of the airborne troops and aircrew. Attended by American and German soldiers and WWII veterans.
Contact : Picauville Se Souvient > 0033 233 41 02 48 / 0033 783 19 49 43
Amfreville
2.30 p.m. : Route du Hameau Flaux, ceremony at the De Glopper Monument.
Contact : U.S Normandie Mémoire et gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
Rue Général de Gaulle
4 p.m. : Ceremony at the monument of the 3 cemeteries.
4.45 p.m. : Ceremony at the Alexandre Renaud’s monument.
5.15 p.m. : Ceremony at the monument Airborne AVA
6 p.m. : Welcome of the soldiers for the dinner in the families . Welcome drink at the town hall.
Contact: AVA > contact@avanormandie.org / 00 33 680 32 55 99
—– FRIDAY JUNE 2 —–
Gourbesville
10 a.m. : D69, le bourg, ceremony at the monument of the 90th ID and 82nd Airborne
Contact : U.S Normandie Mémoire et gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Amfreville
11:30 a.m.: Rue du Moulin, ceremony at the 507 PIR Monument . Presence of the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne.
Followed by a reception in the village hall.
Contact : U.S Normandie Mémoire et gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Chef-du-Pont
Noon : Country meal
12.30 p.m. – 2 p.m. : Rex Combs Square, concert by the Ladies for Liberty. They come from Kentucky and will sing jazz, swing and boogie woogie from the 40s and 50s.
2.15 p.m.: ceremony at the Rex Combs monument
Contact : town hall > 0033 222 41 31 18
Catz/Normandy Victory Museum
9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.: public briefing and parachute packing by the RCPT
9:30am-7pm: Enigma machine demonstration, Morse code and cartography workshop
6pm: inauguration of the Liberty marker outside the museum with the PassionMilitaria community
8:30 p.m.: Liberation meal in the Greenfield room / Dancing Day concert (reservation required)
Old-fashioned menu served by the A10 Canteen teams in the Greenfield room
of the Normandy Victory Museum. 40’s attire is required for all participants.
The meal is animated by a concert of the group Dancing Day which will cover mythical titles
of the period.
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
Rue du Cap de Laine
10 a.m. : ceremony at the Gavin monument
10:30 a.m.: ceremony at the Borne 0
16 p.m. : Memorial Service. With the 82nd Airborne Choir. Followed by a concert by renowned cellist
Mickaël Fitzpatrick.
7 p.m. – midnight : Evening concert with the Ladies for liberty (songs of the 40s-50s) and Reload (rock, country blues).
Contact: town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Carentan-les-Marais
CANCELED Around 1:00 p.m. : Saint-Côme Road (Purple Heart Lane). Commemorative parachute drop of men and women in period clothing from a C-47. On the spot, animations and stands.
Three drops are scheduled for 1pm, 1:45pm and 2:30pm.
4:15 p.m.: Official ceremony at the Cabbage Patch Monument. Presence of WWII American Veterans. Ceremony followed by a military parade to the signal monument (in front of the town hall)
Contact: town hall > 0033 233 42 74 00
Picauville
7 p.m. : route d’Utah Beach, ceremony at the 90th American Infantry Division monument. American and German soldiers attended.
8 p.m. : JC Flambart Hall, friendship meal. Presence of 250 American soldiers and 100 German soldiers.
Paying, on reservation.
Contact : Picauville Se Souvient > 0033 783 19 49 43 / 0033 668 51 29 11 / denis1975.dennebouy@gmail.com
Saint-Germain-de-Varreville
6 p.m. : ceremony at the Pathfinders monument followed by a reception.
The first paratroopers to be dropped on Normandy were the Pathfinders, who were then in charge of marking out the drop zones (DZ).
Contact: town hall> 06 04 07 53 83
Angoville-au-Plain
7 p.m. : Liberation Ball on the church square. Animated by Madeeson & Co (40’s music)
Drinks and food on the spot.
Free
Contact : A.R.C.A 0033 635 44 84 60
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont / Utah Beach
8:30 pm : D-Day Museum, conference ” 1943 and the Resistance “.
Free
Contact : D-Day Museum > 0033 233 71 53 35 / musee@utah-beach.com
—– FRIDAY 2 to TUESDAY 6 JUNE —–
Saint-Come-du-Mont
10 a.m. -5 p.m. : D-Day Experience, signing session with Michel de Trez on the occasion of the release of volume 3 of Linking Carentan. You will also find his twenty previous books for sale on his stand.
Free – no reservation required.
Contact: D-Day Experience > 02 33 23 61 95
—– SATURDAY JUNE 3 —–
Amfreville
9:30 a.m. : Route D15, Chapel of Cauquigny, inauguration of a plaque under the stained glass window offered by the Franciscan brothers.
Contact: U.S Normandie Mémoire et gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Nehou
9:30 a.m. : Camp PATTON, ceremony in tribute to General PATTON and the IIIrd US Army.
Contact : Association Souvenir du Général PATTON > 0033 621 55 04 76
Sainteny
Route D971
10.30 a.m. : ceremony at the La Roserie stele
11 a.m. : ceremony at the Forges monument
Contact : town Hall > 0033 233 42 05 64
Angoville-au-Plain
11:00 a.m.: ceremony in honor of nurses Robert E. Wright and Kenneth J. Moore at the church square.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 42 74 00
Saint-Georges-de-Bohon
11:30 a.m. : ceremony at the Hotot monument followed by a glass of friendship.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 42 15 20
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
10 a.m.-11 a.m. : Church square, commented demonstration (in French and English) of the preparations for the departure from England, preparation of a stick of parachutists (planes, pilots …).
Noon : Picnic on the church square.
Noon -54 p.m. : Historic program, divided into several groups, 250 musicians (choirs and brass bands) will animate the day with strolls in the streets.
1p .m. -3 p.m. : Airborne Museum, book signing of the book “Gavin at War” by his daughter Chloe Gavin in the store.
Until 10 p.m. : Airborne Museum, night opening.
Contact : Airborne Museum > 0033 233 41 41 35
8 p.m. – 11:25p.m. : Evening concert with Madeeson and co (French and American songs from the 30s to the 50s) and Hot Rod 56 (rockn’roll from the 50s).
11.30 p.m. : Fireworks on the square
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
11.15 a.m : rue de la 101e Airborne, ceremony at the Resistance monument
Noon : Parachute drop next to the monument.
Contact : D-Day Museum > 0033 71 53 35
6:30 p.m. : Concert USA Concept with Jean-Marie Thomas. Music from the 40’s in a village with a country decor.
Contact : Mr Dubois > 0033 632 44 43 25
Picauville
11:30 a.m. : Gueutteville, ceremony at the Priest Maternowski monument. Followed by a reception in the village hall.
Contact : U.S Normandie Mémoire et gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Ecausseville
12 p.m. – 5 p.m. : CANCELED Airship Hangar, Miss 44 fashion day. Fashion show of men and women in 1940’s attire.
Free participation in the fashion show.
Food and drink on the spot.
Contact : Airship Hangar > 0033 233 08 56 02
Carentan-les-Marais
2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. : Place de la République, concert of Frim Fram Swing at 2:30 pm.
3.45 p.m. : WWII veterans parade with Best Defense Foundation.
4:30 p.m. : Big parade, arrival of the WWII American veterans. Re-enactment of an exodus* and arrival of the Carentan Liberty March** and Women Parade (group of women in WWII uniforms).
9 p.m. : reception hall, liberation ball. The Carentan Liberty Group offers you an immersive evening in the 40s. Blue white and red decor and music of the period are on the program.
Without reservation
Entrance fee 12€.
Contact : Town Hall > 0033 233 42 74 00
*Meet at the parking lot of the 101st restaurant from 3:30 pm. Information at 07 83 52 58 88. No reservation and registration 07 81 36 56 61
**For any registration : info@carentanlibertymarch.fr
Catz/Normandy Victory Museum
9am – 1pm: public briefing and parachute packing by the RCPT
9.30am – 7pm: Enigma machine demonstration, Morse code and cartography workshop, military hospital exhibition and surgical demonstrations. Animation in the Jean Gabin exhibition (DFL Normandie)
From 3pm to 5pm, Vince Speranza, veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, will sign his biography entitled NUTS, in reference to the Battle of Bastogne in which he took part.
From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Jean-Blaise Djian and Jay, respectively scriptwriter and illustrator of the new OREP Éditions comic, “Super-soldat”. A unique chance to have a personalized drawing on the first page of the book.
From 3pm to 5pm, before the screening of his documentary “Till the job is done”, Clément Horvath will also be on hand to sign his book of the same name, just released by OREP.
5pm: Preview screening of the documentary “Till the job is done” by Clément Horvath
8:30pm: Concert by the “Swing Melodies Orchestra” group
Contact: Normandy Victory Museum > 02 33 71 74 94
Liesville-sur-Douve
8 p.m.: Bar de l’Anguille, Liberation Ball “We remember”. Swing of the 40’s with the group Dancing Day. Dancers on site.
Restauration on the spot all day long.
Contact : Bar de l’Anguille > 0033 952 95 65 31
— FRIDAY, JUNE 2 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 4–
Sainte-Mère-Église
Friday : 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday : 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Photo workshop in 40’s costume.
Elisa Desmares relocates her photo studio next to the tourist office, 6 rue Eisenhower.
Dresses and accessories at disposal.
No appointment necessary, free shooting.
Contact : Elisa Desmares > 0033 671 01 28 15
—– SATURDAY 3 AND SUNDAY 4 JUNE —–
Sainte-Mère-Église
2 p.m. – 9 p.m. : Festival Retro Sainte-Mère-Église at the brewery. Retro market, concerts and animations.
Free parking for vintage vehicles
Catering on site.
Contact : Brewery > 0033 233 95 92 67
—– SATURDAY 3 to SUNDAY 11 JUNE —–
Osmanville
9.45 a.m. : Guided tour of the bunker WN88. The history of the Bunker told through the testimonies of inhabitants who lived through the occupation and the 6th of June 1944.
Contact: Museum Station 70 > 0033 674 72 25 15
—– SUNDAY JUNE 4 —–
Brévands
10 a.m.: Place called “Le Moulin”, ceremony in honor of the 101st Airborne Division.
Saint-Côme-du-Mont
11a.m.: Judels Square, ceremony in memory of the liberators. Followed by a reception.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 42 74 00
Carentan-les-Marais
10 a.m. (COMPLETE) + 4.45 p.m; : Commented cruise on the strategic role of the marshes during the war and the history of the lost parachutists of Graignes.
On booking
Price: 16€/adult. 11€/child.
Contact : Les bateliers des marais > decouvertemarais.com
12.30 p.m. – 5.p.m. : République square, picnic and concert of Madeeson and Co (music of the 40’s). Catering on the spot possible.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 42 74 00
Catz/Normandy Victory Museum
10 a.m. : Enigma conference and in the afternoon Enigma demo in the museum and Morse workshop.
9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. : Reconstruction of a field hospital of the 326th Medical Company (101st Airborne Division) with all the original equipment. 4 to 5 times a day, the group offers a demonstration of a surgical operation on a war wounded.
Animation in the Jean Gabin exhibition with the association DFL Normandie.
Afternoon: Conference and meeting with 2 veterans of the Piron Brigade.
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. : Concert of the Dutch band BAND OF BROTHERS / Music from WWII
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. : Signing of the new OREP Super Soldier comic book with JB Djian (scriptwriter), and Jay (cartoonist)
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
10 a.m. -11 a.m. : Church square, commented demonstration (in French and English) of the preparations for the departure from England, preparation of a stick of parachutists (planes, pilots…)
10 a.m. – noon : Exhibition of vehicles on the square around the church.
12.30 p.m. – 3 p.m. : Afternoon concert with Maud Mallard (covers the great interpreters who have marked the history of music from the Liberation to the present day) and the Ladies for Liberty (songs from the 40’s and 50’s).
3:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. : Grand bal musette, with Gilles Lebastard accordionist and his standards of the 40’s-50’s.
6 p.m.: Parade of vintage military vehicles followed by a small unit including two horses displaying the flags of the 82nd and 101st, and a group of American paratroopers on foot.
9 ;p.m. : Concert, Kind of Queen
Contact : town Hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Sainte-Mère-Eglise – La Fière
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Great parachute drops
From 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. : Parachute drop of men and women in WWII uniforms from a C-47. Speaker on site with DDAY Live.
11:30 a.m. : Military parachuting with american and french soldiers.
4 p.m. : Official ceremony at the Iron Mike monument
Contact : Town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Afternoon: Around the church, demonstration of parachute packing, war correspondents with the group ETO.
18 p.m. : Bagpipes concert around the church.
Contact : Mr Dubois > 0033 632 44 43 25
—– MONDAY JUNE 5 —–
Catz / Normandy Victory Museum
10 a.m. : conference about women during the war by Eric Kerch.
Contact : Normandy Victory Museum > 0033 233 71 74 94
Carentan-les-Marais
10 a.m. : commented cruise on the strategic role of the marshes during the war and the history of the lost parachutists of Graignes.
On reservation.
Price: 16€/adult. 11€/child.
Contact : Les bateliers des marais > 0033 683 60 08 12 / decouvertemarais.com
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
10:30 a.m. : American Veterans March. Intergenerational march that brings together American veterans of all wars. Free of charge.
6 p.m.: Dancing Day concert. Music from the 40’s.
Contact : Mr Dubois > jeremy.dubois50@gmail.com / 0033 632 44 43 25
Angoville-au-Plain
11 a.m. : Parachuting of men in WWII uniforms.
Contact : Liberty Jump Team > 011 33 7 60 07 25 77
Foucarville
11 a.m.: ceremony at the monument of the Prison Camp.
Contact : town Hall > 02 33 41 31 18
Sainte-Mere-Eglise
10 a.m.: Rue Docteur Masselin, ceremony at the Roosevelt monument.
10 a.m.- 11 a.m. : church square, commented demonstration (in French and English) of D-Day combat jumps.
10 a.m. – noon : Exhibition of military vehicles on the square.
12.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. : Jean Marie Thomas concert (40s music)
4 p.m. – 6 p.m. : Ella Gun concert (country music)
4 p.m. : Airborne Museum, signing session with Clément Horvath, author of 3 books including the 2 volumes of Till Victory, which compiles letters from the front of Allied soldiers, and Till the Job is Done, a book following the complete correspondence of an American officer of the 4th Infantry Division, from the Normandy fields to the Hürtgen forest, in the museum store.
8 p.m. : Airborne Museum, screening of the documentary film “Till the Job is Done” (which follows the footsteps of Captain Otis Hewett of the 4th Infantry Division, from Utah Beach to the dark forest of Hürtgen in Germany, where he was wounded), by Clément Horvath.
8.30 p.m; : Tanagila concert (pop rock music)
11.15 p.m: Church square , commented demonstration (in French and English) of the use of an anti-aircraft searchlight.
Contact : Airborne Museum > 0033 233 41 41 35
Chef-du-Pont
2:30 p.m. schedule change = 1.30 p.m; : stadium, American soccer game, 82nd VS101st Airborne.
Free.
Contact : town hall > 0033 233 41 31 18
Catz-Normandy Victory Museum
5 p.m. : 1940’s civilian fashion competition.
Free entrance
registration : Séverine : +33 06 26 17 29 28 / Carlos : +33 06 17 91 29 64
Amfreville
6:00 p.m.: (COMPLETE) Memory walk, about the battle of Amfreville on June 6, 1944 and the following days. Food trucks on the Drop Zone Tango at the end of the walk.
Limited seating. Price: 2€.
Registration required at the Tourist Office of Sainte-Mère-Eglise: 0033 233 21 00 33 or ot.sme@ccbdc.fr
Payment on the spot only at the departure.
Contact : U.S Normandie Mémoire et gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Beuzeville-au-Plain
6 p.m. : rue de l’église, ceremony at the monument Bienaimé Agnés.
Contact : town hall > 00 33 233 41 31 18
—– TUESDAY JUNE 6 —–
Brévands
10 a.m . : Lieu dit le Chalet, in memory of Sergeant Raymond Dean, a Royal Air Force pilot who crashed near the monument on November 17, 1941. Flight over by two Lancasters planned.
Contact: Mairie > 02 33 42 74 09
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
10:15 a.m.: Route D13, ceremony at the Leadership Monument – Winters.
Contact : D-Day Museum > 0033 233 71 53 35
Saint-Come-du-Mont
10 a.m. -5 p.m. : D-Day Experience, T5 parachute packing demonstration with the RCPT teams.
Free.
Contact : D-Day Experience > 0033 233 23 61 95
Evening: guinguette evening in the village. Catering on site.
Contact: Passeurs de mémoire > 003 233 44 20 39
Sainte-Mère-Eglise
9.30 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. : Remembrance mass
10 a.m. – 11a.m. : Place de l’église, commented demonstration (in French and English) of D-Day combat jumps.
10 a.m.: La Fière, Iron Mike monument, ceremony organized by the Association of Friends of American Veterans (AVA) with the 82nd choir and the Scottish veterans of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental and their bagpipes.
12.30 p.m. – 2 p.m. : Ladies for liberty concert ( 40s-50s music)
2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. : Church, peace concert with the choir directed by Frances Hook.
Contact: town hall > 02 33 41 31 18
4 p.m. : Airborne Museum, book signing of the book ” Gavin at War ” by Keith Nightingale, who wrote the preface in the store of the Airborne Museum. He will also sign his own book, “The Human Face of D-Day”.
Contact: Airborne Museum > 02 33 41 41 35
5:00 pm: rue du Général de Gaulle, ceremony at the Monument Signal.
8:30pm: Airborne Museum, concert by cellist Michael Fitzpatrick. Free of charge – booking possible.
Contact: Airborne Museum > 02 33 41 41 35
Sainte-Marie-du-Mont / Utah Beach
2 p.m. : Official ceremony at the Federal Monument (esplanade of the museum)
Contact : D-Day Museum >0033 233 71 53 35
Hiesville
2 p.m. : (COMPLETE) Memory walk, in the footsteps of the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne.
“The night when the Eagles screamed” (9 kms). Start in the field after the Lecaudey farm (follow the signs in the village)
Limited places. Price: 2€.
Registration required at the Tourist Office of Sainte-Mère-Eglise : 0033 233 21 00 33 or ot.sme@ccbdc.fr
Payment on the spot only at the start.
Contact : U.S Normandie Mémoire et gratitude > 0033 671 26 22 09
Catz / Normandy Victory Museum
2 p.m. – 6p.m. : signing of the book “JEEP” by Denis Le Priol. The owner of Jeep Village, known for his participation in the TV show “Vintage Mecanic”, will come to present the book he co-authored, JEEP, retracing the history of the mythical car.
Contact: Normandy Victory Museum > 02 33 71 74 94
— WEDNESDAY JUNE 7—
Azeville / German Battery
9.30 a.m. – 7 p.m. : Visit of the battery.
Price: 8€/adult, 4€/child, 6€/reduced.
Around 2 p.m. : Commemorative parachuting of men and women in period clothing from a C-47. Speaker on site with DDAY Live.
Concert on site with Madeeson and Co. Music from the 1940’s. Military vehicle display.
Free access to the Battery site at noon.
Catering on site.
Contact > Azeville Battery : 0033 233 40 63 05
— SATURDAY 29 AND SUNDAY 30 JULY —
Saint-Martin-de-Varreville / Leclerc monument
Camp of the 2nd DB, animations, ride in period vehicle.
Catering on the spot.
-Day of July 30
9.30 a.m. : Official ceremony, speeches and wreath laying. Mass at the church and a drink of friendship.
Meal by subscription.
Contact : town hall > 0033 626 82 13 88 / ghyslene.lebarbenchon@sfr.fr
